Noah
begat Shem; and Shem begat Arphaxad; and Arphaxad begat Salah; and Salah begat
Eber; and Eber begat Peleg; and Peleg begat Reu; and Reu begat Serug; and Serug
begat Nahor; and Nahor begat Terah; and Terah begat Abram; and Abram begat Ishmael
by the bondwoman, called Hagar. Abram's name was changed by God to Abraham.
Abraham begat Isaac by his wife, Sarah, the freewoman.

2-GOD
CHOSE YOU BECAUSE

Deut
7:6-8-FOR THOU ART AN HOLY PEOPLE UNTO THE LORD THY GOD: THE LORD THY GOD HATH
CHOSEN THEE TO BE A SPECIAL PEOPLE UNTO HIMSELF, ABOVE ALL PEOPLE THAT ARE UPON
THE FACE OF THE EARTH. THE LORD DID NOT SET HIS LOVE UPON YOU, NOR CHOOSE YOU,
BECAUSE YE WERE MORE IN NUMBER THAN ANY PEOPLE; FOR YE WERE THE FEWEST OF ALL
PEOPLE: BUT BECAUSE THE LORD LOVED YOU, AND BECAUSE HE WOULD KEEP THE OATH WHICH
HE HAD SWORN UNTO YOUR FATHERS, HATH THE LORD BROUGHT YOU OUT WITH A MIGHTY
HAND, AND REDEEMED YOU OUT OF THE HOUSE OF BONDMEN, FROM THE HAND OF PHARAOH
KING OF EGYPT.

3-NOAH
TO JACOB AND HIS SONS (SUMMARY)

From the lineage of Noah and Shem, came Abram. From Abram (Abraham) came Ishmael
and Isaac. Ishmael was born of the bond woman, and Isaac was born of the free
woman. These two half brothers were at odds with each other. It was originally
expected that Ishmael would be Abram's heir; however, GOD SAID...IN ISAAC SHALL
THY SEED BE CALLED-Gen 21:12. Many of the Arabs today are descendants of Ishmael.
They believe the land of Israel should belong to them as they are the offspring
of the firstborn of Abram. But God said the heir would be the offspring of Isaac.
Thus, there is what appears to be an unsolvable problem in the Middle East.
This same feud between Ishmael and Isaac goes on today. This forms the basis
for much of the Bible prophecy that is yet to happen. God's covenant is with
Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and their seed.Sodom and Gomorrah, in which
ten just men could not be found, was destroyed-ref Gen 18:32; 19:22-25.Abraham begat Isaac. Isaac
begat Jacob, whose name was changed by God to Israel-ref Gen 35:10. From Jacob
came twelve sons, which would become the twelve tribes of Israel-ref Gen 35:22-26.
Israel went to Egypt.

4-ABRAHAM,
ISHMAEL, AND ISAAC: HOW THEY RELATE TO TODAY; HOW GOD SET THE STAGE FOR WHAT IS ABOUT TO HAPPEN;
THE UNSOLVABLE PROBLEM

The unsolvable problem: this is what exists in the Middle East since Israel's
rebirth. You may wonder what is meant by this statement. It is referring to
the intense hatred of the Arabs toward the Jews. The Arabs claim the land that
Israel now occupies is theirs. They believe that God promised it to them through
Abraham. The Jews also claim this land. They believe that God promised them
the land they now have, plus more, through Abraham. As long as the Jews control
this land, there will be wars and unrest until one side is destroyed. Let us
look at God's Word to see how this unsolvable problem came about.AND TERAH TOOK ABRAM HIS SON,
AND LOT THE SON OF HARAN HIS SON'S SON, AND SARAI HIS DAUGHTER IN LAW, HIS SON
ABRAM'S WIFE; AND THEY WENT FORTH WITH THEM FROM UR OF THE CHALDEES, TO GO INTO
THE LAND OF CANAAN; AND THEY CAME UNTO HARAN, AND DWELT THERE. AND THE DAYS
OF TERAH WERE TWO HUNDRED AND FIVE YEARS: AND TERAH DIED IN HARAN-Gen 11:31,32.NOW THE LORD HAD SAID UNTO
ABRAM, GET THEE OUT OF THY COUNTRY, AND FROM THY KINDRED, AND FROM THY FATHER'S
HOUSE, UNTO A LAND THAT I WILL SHOW THEE: AND I WILL MAKE OF THEE A GREAT NATION,
AND I WILL BLESS THEE, AND MAKE THY NAME GREAT; AND THOU SHALT BE A BLESSING:
AND I WILL BLESS THEM THAT BLESS THEE, AND CURSE HIM THAT CURSETH THEE: AND
IN THEE SHALL ALL THE FAMILIES OF THE EARTH BE BLESSED-Gen 12:1-3. AND ABRAM
PASSED THROUGH THE LAND...AND THE LORD APPEARED UNTO ABRAM, AND SAID, UNTO
THY SEED WILL I GIVE THIS LAND-Gen 12:6,7. NOW SARAI ABRAM'S WIFE BARE
HIM NO CHILDREN: AND SHE HAD AN HANDMAID, AN EGYPTIAN, WHOSE NAME WAS HAGAR.
AND SARAI SAID UNTO ABRAM, BEHOLD NOW, THE LORD HATH RESTRAINED ME FROM BEARING:
I PRAY THEE, GO IN UNTO MY MAID; IT MAY BE THAT I MAY OBTAIN CHILDREN BY HER-Gen
16:1,2. AND HE WENT IN UNTO HAGAR, AND SHE CONCEIVED: AND WHEN SHE SAW THAT
SHE HAD CONCEIVED, HER MISTRESS (Sarai) WAS DESPISED IN HER (Hagar’s)
EYES-Gen 16:4. But from that day, there was friction between the handmaid, Hagar,
and Sarai, Abram's wife. AND SARAI SAID UNTO ABRAM, MY WRONG BE UPON THEE: I
HAVE GIVEN MY MAID INTO THY BOSOM; AND WHEN SHE SAW THAT SHE HAD CONCEIVED,
I WAS DESPISED IN HER EYES-Gen 16:5. THEN SARAI MISTREATED HAGAR-Gen
16:6 NIV. AND THE ANGEL OF THE LORD SAID UNTO HER (Hagar), I WILL MULTIPLY THY
SEED EXCEEDINGLY...THOU ART WITH CHILD, AND SHALT BEAR A SON, AND SHALT CALL
HIS NAME ISHMAEL...AND HE WILL BE A WILD MAN-Gen 16:10-12. HE WILL BE A WILD
DONKEY OF A MAN; HIS HAND WILL BE AGAINST EVERYONE AND EVERYONE’S HAND AGAINST
HIM, AND HE WILL LIVE IN HOSTILITY TOWARD ALL HIS BROTHERS-Gen 16:12 NIV.AND HAGAR BARE ABRAM A SON:
AND ABRAM CALLED HIS SON'S NAME, WHICH HAGAR BARE, ISHMAEL. AND ABRAM WAS FOURSCORE
AND SIX YEARS OLD (86 years old), WHEN HAGAR BARE ISHMAEL TO ABRAM-Gen 16:15,16.
Ishmael became the father of many of the Arabs. Because Ishmael was the firstborn
of Abram, the Arabs claim that the land promised to Abraham (the land of Israel)
belongs to them. Nothing can change this.AND WHEN ABRAM WAS NINETY YEARS
OLD AND NINE (99), THE LORD APPEARED TO ABRAM, AND SAID UNTO HIM, I AM THE ALMIGHTY
GOD; WALK BEFORE ME, AND BE THOU PERFECT-Gen 17:1. NEITHER SHALL THY NAME ANY
MORE BE CALLED ABRAM, BUT THY NAME SHALL BE ABRAHAM; FOR A FATHER OF MANY NATIONS
HAVE I MADE THEE-Gen 17:5. AS FOR SARAI THY WIFE, THOU SHALT NOT CALL HER NAME
SARAI, BUT SARAH SHALL HER NAME BE. AND I WILL BLESS HER, AND GIVE THEE A SON
ALSO OF HER...AND SHE SHALL BE A MOTHER OF NATIONS; KINGS OF PEOPLE SHALL BE
OF HER. THEN ABRAHAM FELL UPON HIS FACE, AND LAUGHED, AND SAID IN HIS HEART,
SHALL A CHILD BE BORN UNTO HIM THAT IS AN HUNDRED YEARS OLD? AND SHALL SARAH,
THAT IS NINETY YEARS OLD, BEAR? AND GOD SAID, SARAH THY WIFE SHALL BEAR THEE
A SON INDEED; AND THOU SHALT CALL HIS NAME ISAAC: AND I WILL ESTABLISH MY COVENANT
WITH HIM FOR AN EVERLASTING COVENANT, AND WITH HIS SEED AFTER HIM. AND AS FOR
ISHMAEL, I HAVE HEARD THEE: BEHOLD, I HAVE BLESSED HIM, AND WILL MAKE HIM FRUITFUL,
AND WILL MULTIPLY HIM EXCEEDINGLY; TWELVE PRINCES SHALL HE BEGAT, AND I WILL
MAKE HIM A GREAT NATION. BUT MY COVENANT WILL I ESTABLISH WITH ISAAC-Gen 17:15-17,19-21.FOR SARAH CONCEIVED, AND BARE
ABRAHAM A SON IN HIS OLD AGE...AND ABRAHAM CALLED THE NAME OF HIS SON THAT WAS
BORN UNTO HIM, WHOM SARAH BARE TO HIM, ISAAC. AND SARAH SAW THE SON OF HAGAR
THE EGYPTIAN, WHICH SHE HAD BORN UNTO ABRAHAM, MOCKING. WHEREFORE SHE
(Sarah) SAID UNTO ABRAHAM, CAST OUT THIS BONDWOMAN AND HER SON: FOR THE
SON OF THIS BONDWOMAN SHALL NOT BE HEIR WITH MY SON, EVEN WITH ISAAC-Gen 21:2,3,9,10.
AND GOD SAID UNTO ABRAHAM...HEARKEN UNTO HER VOICE (Sarah's); FOR IN ISAAC SHALL
THY SEED BE CALLED-Gen 21:12. ABRAHAM...SENT HER (Hagar) OFF WITH THE BOY-Gen
21:14 NIV. Abraham gave her some food and water. Thus, an unsolvable problem
came into being. The Arabs claim, because Ishmael was the firstborn of Abram,
the Promised Land is theirs. The Jews believe that the Promised Land is theirs,
as God's covenant was not with Ishmael but with Isaac.NOW WE, BRETHREN, AS ISAAC
WAS, ARE THE CHILDREN OF PROMISE (but the Arabs believe they are the children
of the promise). BUT AS THEN HE THAT WAS BORN AFTER THE FLESH PERSECUTED HIM
THAT WAS BORN AFTER THE SPIRIT, EVEN SO IT IS NOW. NEVERTHELESS WHAT SAITH THE
SCRIPTURE? CAST OUT THE BONDWOMAN AND HER SON: FOR THE SON OF THE BONDWOMAN
SHALL NOT BE HEIR WITH THE SON OF THE FREEWOMAN-Gal 4:28-30. Ishmael, born of
the bondwoman, represents the Law. Isaac, born of the freewoman, represents
grace. Law persecutes grace.
Note: Hagar, the bondwoman, bore a son by Abram named, Ishmael,
who was expected to be the heir.
Hagar despised Sarai.Sarai mistreated Hagar.Sarah bore a son named Isaac,
who became Abraham’s heir.Ishmael mocked.Sarah wanted Hagar and Ishmael
cast out.Abraham sent Hagar and Ishmael
away at God’s direction.Hagar received only food and
water.The stage was set nearly 4000
years ago by God. A war that will destroy one-fourth of the world's population
is about to take place. This war is outlined inEzekiel 38 and other parts of the Bible. Russia, along with other
allies, including some of the Arab nations, will soon invade Israel. The stage
for what will happen soon was set long ago with Ishmael and Isaac. The descendants
of Abram and Ishmael (which include some of the Arabs) and the descendants of
Abraham and Isaac (the Jews) will soon clash one last time. Bad feelings have
always existed between the two, for nearly 4000 years. It may be said that this
is the longest running feud in the history of the world. It appears that this
seemingly everlasting struggle between the seed of Ishmael and the seed of Isaac
cannot cease, until one or the other is destroyed. No amount of diplomacy can
change the conflict that God has set up. This coming war will take place during
the Tribulation.

NOW THE LORD HAD SAID UNTO ABRAM, GET THEE OUT OF THY COUNTRY, AND FROM THY
KINDRED, AND FROM THY FATHER'S HOUSE, UNTO A LAND THAT I WILL SHOW THEE-Gen
12:1. Note the sacrifices God expected Abram to make.l. Get thee out of thy country.2. Get out from thy kindred.3. Get out from thy father's
house.He had to go by faith because
he did not know where he was going, but only that he was going to a land, which
the Lord had promised to show him. SO ABRAM DEPARTED, AS THE LORD HAD SPOKEN
UNTO HIM-Gen 12:4. Abraham obeyed. Here is another example of faith; as it is
written, BY FAITH ABRAHAM, WHEN HE WAS CALLED TO GO OUT INTO A
PLACE WHICH HE SHOULD AFTER RECEIVE FOR AN INHERITANCE, OBEYED; AND HE WENT
OUT, NOT KNOWING WHITHER HE WENT-Heb 11:8. Part of the land that Abram was to
walk through would later become the land of Israel. The entire land in which
he walked, extending to the Euphrates River, will become Israel’s during the
Millennium.After
Lot had separated from Abram, God said to Abram, LIFT UP NOW THINE EYES, AND
LOOK FROM THE PLACE WHERE THOU ART NORTHWARD, AND SOUTHWARD, AND EASTWARD,
AND WESTWARD: FOR ALL THE LAND WHICH THOU SEEST, TO THEE WILL I GIVE IT, AND
TO THY SEED FOR EVER-Gen 13:14,15.ARISE, WALK THROUGH THE LAND
IN THE LENGTH OF IT AND IN THE BREADTH OF IT-Gen 13:17.

KNOW YE THEREFORE THAT THEY WHICH ARE OF FAITH, THE SAME ARE THE CHILDREN OF
ABRAHAM-Gal 3:7. As children of faith in Jesus Christ, who are counted as children
of Abraham, we have need to further understand the faith of Abraham.As we read, consider the words
"faith, obedience, and faithfulness," and may we each examine our
own faith, obedience, and faithfulness by God's Word.BUT WITHOUT FAITH IT IS IMPOSSIBLE
TO PLEASE HIM (God): FOR HE THAT COMETH TO GOD MUST BELIEVE THAT HE IS, AND
THAT HE IS A REWARDER OF THEM THAT DILIGENTLY SEEK HIM-Heb 11:6.ABRAHAM BELIEVED GOD,
AND IT WAS COUNTED UNTO HIM FOR RIGHTEOUSNESS-Ro 4:3. ABRAHAM BELIEVED GOD-Gal
3:6. AND HE (Abram) BELIEVED IN THE LORD; AND HE COUNTED IT TO HIM FOR
RIGHTEOUSNESS-Gen 15:6.FAITH
WAS RECKONED TO ABRAHAM FOR RIGHTEOUSNESS-Ro 4:9.BY FAITH
ABRAHAM, WHEN HE WAS CALLED TO GO OUT INTO A PLACE WHICH HE SHOULD AFTER RECEIVE
FOR AN INHERITANCE, OBEYED;AND HE WENT OUT, NOT KNOWING
WHITHER HE WENT.BY FAITH
HE SOJOURNED IN THE LAND OF PROMISE, AS IN A STRANGE COUNTRY, DWELLING IN TABERNACLES
WITH ISAAC AND JACOB, THE HEIRS WITH HIM OF THE SAME PROMISE-Heb 11:8,9.THROUGH FAITH
ALSO SARAH HERSELF RECEIVED STRENGTH TO CONCEIVE SEED, AND WAS DELIVERED OF
A CHILD WHEN SHE WAS PAST AGE, BECAUSE SHE JUDGED HIM FAITHFUL WHO HAD PROMISED-Heb
11:11.AND (Abraham) BEING NOT WEAK
IN FAITH, HE CONSIDERED NOT HIS OWN BODY NOW DEAD, WHEN HE WAS ABOUT
AN HUNDRED YEARS OLD, NEITHER YET THE DEADNESS OF SARAH'S WOMB: HE STAGGERED
NOT AT THE PROMISE OF GOD THROUGH UNBELIEF; BUT WAS STRONG IN FAITH,
GIVING GLORY TO GOD; AND BEING FULLY PERSUADED THAT, WHAT HE (God) HAD
PROMISED, HE WAS ABLE ALSO TO PERFORM. AND THEREFORE IT WAS IMPUTED TO HIM FOR
RIGHTEOUSNESS-Ro 4:19-22.THESE ALL DIED IN FAITH,
NOT HAVING RECEIVED THE PROMISES, BUT HAVING SEEN THEM AFAR OFF, AND WERE PERSUADED
OF THEM, AND EMBRACED THEM, AND CONFESSED THAT THEY WERE STRANGERS AND PILGRIMS
ON THE EARTH. FOR THEY THAT SAY SUCH THINGS DECLARE PLAINLY THAT THEY SEEK A
COUNTRY. AND TRULY, IF THEY HAD BEEN MINDFUL (or thinking) OF THAT COUNTRY FROM
WHENCE THEY CAME OUT, THEY MIGHT HAVE HAD OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE RETURNED. (In
other words, don't look back.) BUT NOW THEY DESIRE A BETTER COUNTRY, THAT IS,
AN HEAVENLY: WHEREFORE GOD IS NOT ASHAMED TO BE CALLED THEIR GOD: FOR HE HATH
PREPARED FOR THEM A CITY-Heb 11:13-16.BY FAITH
ABRAHAM, WHEN HE WAS TRIED, OFFERED UP ISAAC: AND HE THAT HAD RECEIVED THE PROMISES
OFFERED UP HIS ONLY BEGOTTEN SON, OF WHOM IT WAS SAID, THAT IN ISAAC SHALL THY
SEED BE CALLED-Heb 11:17,18.(By faith) Abraham accounted
THAT GOD WAS ABLE TO RAISE HIM (Isaac) UP, EVEN FROM THE DEAD-ref Heb 11:19.BUT WILT THOU KNOW, O VAIN
MAN, THAT FAITH WITHOUT WORKS IS DEAD? WAS NOT ABRAHAM OUR FATHER JUSTIFIED
BY WORKS, WHEN HE HAD OFFERED ISAAC HIS SON UPON THE ALTAR? SEEST THOU HOW FAITH
WROUGHT WITH HIS WORKS (or faith and his actions were working together-NIV),
AND BY WORKS WAS FAITH MADE PERFECT? AND THE SCRIPTURE WAS FULFILLED
WHICH SAITH, ABRAHAM BELIEVED GOD, AND IT WAS IMPUTED UNTO HIM FOR RIGHTEOUSNESS:
AND HE WAS CALLED THE FRIEND OF GOD-Ja 2:20-23.(By faith) Abraham bought THE
FIELD OF EPHRON...AND THE CAVE...AND…BURIED SARAH HIS WIFE IN THE CAVE OF…MACHPELAH-ref
Gen 23.BY FAITH
ISAAC BLESSED JACOB AND ESAU CONCERNING THINGS TO COME.BY FAITH
JACOB, WHEN HE WAS A DYING, BLESSED BOTH THE SONS OF JOSEPH; AND WORSHIPED,
LEANING UPON THE TOP OF HIS STAFF.BY FAITH
JOSEPH, WHEN HE DIED, MADE MENTION OF THE DEPARTING OF THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL;
AND GAVE COMMANDMENT CONCERNING HIS BONES-Heb 11:20-22. (OF WHOM [or of them]
THE WORLD WAS NOT WORTHY:) THEY WANDERED IN DESERTS, AND IN MOUNTAINS, AND IN
DENS AND CAVES OF THE EARTH. AND THESE ALL, HAVING OBTAINED A GOOD REPORT THROUGH
FAITH, RECEIVED NOT THE PROMISE-Heb 11:38,39.We are to WALK IN THE
STEPS OF THAT FAITH OF OUR FATHER ABRAHAM, WHICH HE HAD BEING YET UNCIRCUMCISED.
FOR THE PROMISE, THAT HE SHOULD BE THE HEIR OF THE WORLD, WAS NOT TO ABRAHAM,
OR TO HIS SEED, THROUGH THE LAW, BUT THROUGH THE RIGHTEOUSNESS OF FAITH-Ro
4:12,13.God told Abram, GET THEE OUT
OF THY COUNTRY, AND FROM THY KINDRED, AND FROM THY FATHER'S HOUSE, UNTO A LAND
THAT I WILL SHOW THEE-Gen 12:1. Abraham obeyed. An example of faith.AND THE LORD APPEARED UNTO
ABRAM...THERE BUILDED HE AN ALTAR UNTO THE LORD-Gen 12:7. An example of faith.Abram REMOVED...UNTO A MOUNTAIN...HE
BUILDED AN ALTAR-Gen 12:8. An example of faith.Abram returned TO BETHEL...HE…CALLED
ON THE NAME OF THE LORD-Gen 13:3,4. An example of faith.God told Abram, WALK THROUGH
THE LAND-Gen 13:17. Abram obeyed. An example of faith.ABRAM REMOVED...AND DWELT IN
THE PLAIN OF MAMRE…AND BUILT THERE AN ALTAR-Gen 13:18. An example of faith.Abram GAVE HIM TITHES OF ALL-Gen
14:20. An example of faith and obedience.God told Abram, THY NAME SHALL
BE ABRAHAM-Gen 17:5. Abraham obeyed. An example of faith.God told Abraham, EVERY MAN
CHILD AMONG YOU SHALL BE CIRCUMCISED-Gen 17:10. Abraham obeyed. An example
of faith.God told Abraham, SARAI THY
WIFE, THOU SHALT NOT CALL HER NAME SARAI, BUT SARAH SHALL HER NAME BE-Gen 17:15.
Abraham obeyed. An example of faith.ABRAHAM...IN BEERSHEBA...CALLED
THERE ON THE…LORD-Gen 21:33. An example of faith.God told Abraham, TAKE...ISAAC,
WHOM THOU LOVEST, AND GET THEE INTO THE LAND OF MORIAH; AND OFFER HIM THERE
FOR A BURNT OFFERING-Gen 22:2. Abraham obeyed. AND THEY CAME TO THE PLACE
WHICH GOD HAD TOLD HIM OF; AND ABRAHAM BUILT AN ALTAR THERE, AND LAID THE WOOD
IN ORDER, AND BOUND ISAAC HIS SON, AND LAID HIM ON THE ALTAR UPON THE WOOD.
AND ABRAHAM STRETCHED FORTH HIS HAND, AND TOOK THE KNIFE TO SLAY HIS SON. AND
THE ANGEL OF THE LORD CALLED UNTO HIM OUT OF HEAVEN, AND SAID, ABRAHAM, ABRAHAM:
AND HE SAID, HERE AM I. AND HE SAID, LAY NOT THINE HAND UPON THE LAD, NEITHER
DO THOU ANY THING UNTO HIM: FOR NOW I KNOW THAT THOU FEAREST GOD, SEEING THOU
HAST NOT WITHHELD THY SON, THINE ONLY SON FROM ME-Gen 22:9-12. Abraham obeyed
God. An example of faith.It is written, BECAUSE…ABRAHAM
OBEYED MY VOICE-Gen 26:5.KNOW YE THEREFORE THAT THEY
WHICH ARE OF FAITH, THE SAME ARE THE CHILDREN OF ABRAHAM. SO THEN THEY
WHICH BE OF FAITH ARE BLESSED WITH FAITHFUL ABRAHAM-Gal 3:7,9.It is written, BECAUSE…ABRAHAM
OBEYED MY VOICE-Gen 26:5.It is further written, THE
OBEDIENCE OF FAITH-Ro 16:26.And it is written, WE HAVE
RECEIVED GRACE...FOR OBEDIENCE TO THE FAITH-Ro 1:5.THEREFORE IT IS OF FAITH,
THAT IT MIGHT BE BY GRACE-Ro 4:16.Through faith, we are justified
(salvation).Works were the evidence of
Abraham’s faith.Do you truly believe
all of God's Word (the Bible)? What is the evidence of your faith?
Is it faithfulness and obedience?

God’s
covenant with Abraham and his seed is the basis for many of the events that
are happening in this generation, including the coming Tribulation, the Millennium,
and much more. We need to study and understand this covenant in order to help
us understand Bible prophecy.

(God said to Abraham)
I WILL ESTABLISH MY COVENANT BETWEEN ME AND THEE AND THY SEED AFTER THEE
IN THEIR GENERATIONS FOR AN EVERLASTING COVENANT-Gen 17:7. ISAAC...I WILL
ESTABLISH MY COVENANT WITH HIM…AND WITH HIS SEED AFTER HIM-Gen 17:19. IN
ISAAC SHALL THY SEED BE CALLED-Gen 21:12.

(God said to Isaac)
I WILL PERFORM THE OATH WHICH I SWARE UNTO ABRAHAM THY FATHER-Gen 26:3.

(To Jacob from Isaac)
GOD ALMIGHTY...GIVE THEE THE BLESSING OF ABRAHAM, TO THEE, AND TO THY SEED
WITH THEE-Gen 28:3,4.

(God said to Moses)
I APPEARED UNTO ABRAHAM, UNTO ISAAC, AND UNTO JACOB...AND I HAVE…ESTABLISHED
MY COVENANT WITH THEM...I HAVE REMEMBERED MY COVENANT-Ex 6:3-5.

(God said to Abraham)
I will BE A GOD UNTO THEE, AND TO THY SEED AFTER THEE-Gen 17:7. I WILL BE
THEIR GOD-Gen 17:8.

(God said to Abraham)
I WILL MAKE THEE EXCEEDING FRUITFUL-Gen 17:6. (Isaac blessed Jacob) GOD
ALMIGHTY...MAKE THEE FRUITFUL-Gen 28:3. (God said to Jacob) BE FRUITFUL
AND MULTIPLY-Gen 35:11.

(God said to Abraham)
THOU SHALT BE A FATHER OF MANY NATIONS-Gen 17:4. THY NAME SHALL BE ABRAHAM;
FOR A FATHER OF MANY NATIONS HAVE I MADE THEE-Gen 17:5. I WILL MAKE NATIONS
OF THEE-Gen 17:6. (God said to Jacob) A COMPANY OF NATIONS SHALL BE OF THEE-Gen
35:11.

(God said to Abraham)
KINGS SHALL COME OUT OF THEE-Gen 17:6. (God said to Jacob) KINGS SHALL COME
OUT OF THY LOINS-Gen 35:11.

(God said to Abraham)
THOU SHALT BE A BLESSING-Gen 12:2.

(God said to Abraham)
I WILL BLESS THEM THAT BLESS THEE-Gen 12:3. (Isaac blesses Jacob) BLESSED
BE HE THAT BLESSETH THEE-Gen 27:29.

(God said to Abraham)
I WILL…CURSE HIM THAT CURSETH THEE-Gen 12:3. (Isaac blesses Jacob) CURSED
BE EVERY ONE THAT CURSETH THEE-Gen 27:29.

(God said to Abraham)
IN THEE SHALL ALL FAMILIES OF THE EARTH BE BLESSED-Gen 12:3. The Lord said…ALL
THE NATIONS OF THE EARTH SHALL BE BLESSED IN HIM (Abraham)-Gen 18:18. IN
THY SEED SHALL ALL THE NATIONS OF THE EARTH BE BLESSED-Gen 22:18. (God said
to Isaac) IN THY SEED SHALL ALL THE NATIONS OF THE EARTH BE BLESSED-Gen
26:4. (God said to Jacob) IN THEE AND IN THY SEED SHALL ALL THE FAMILIES
OF THE EARTH BE BLESSED-Gen 28:14.

(God said to Abraham)
THY SEED SHALL POSSESS THE GATE OF HIS ENEMIES-Gen 22:17.

(God said to Abraham)
I WILL GIVE UNTO THEE, AND TO THY SEED AFTER THEE, THE LAND...ALL THE LAND
OF CANAAN, FOR AN EVERLASTING POSSESSION-Gen 17:8. UNTO THY SEED WILL I
GIVE THIS LAND-Gen 12:7. ALL THE LAND WHICH THOU SEEST, TO THEE WILL I GIVE
IT, AND TO THY SEED FOR EVER-Gen 13:15. UNTO THY SEED HAVE I GIVEN THIS
LAND, FROM THE RIVER OF EGYPT UNTO THE GREAT RIVER, THE RIVER EUPHRATES-Gen
15:18. UNTO THY SEED WILL I GIVE THIS LAND-ref Gen 24:7. (God said to Isaac)
UNTO THEE, AND UNTO THY SEED, I WILL GIVE ALL THESE COUNTRIES-Gen 26:3;
ref Gen 26:4. (Isaac to Jacob) GOD ALMIGHTY...GIVE THEE...THAT THOU MAYEST
INHERIT THE LAND...WHICH GOD GAVE UNTO ABRAHAM-Gen 28:3,4. (God said to
Jacob) THE LAND WHEREON THOU LIEST, TO THEE WILL I GIVE IT, AND TO THY SEED-Gen
28:13. I...WILL BRING THEE AGAIN INTO THIS LAND-Gen 28:15. THE LAND WHICH
I GAVE ABRAHAM AND ISAAC, TO THEE I WILL GIVE IT, AND TO THY SEED AFTER
THEE WILL I GIVE THE LAND-Gen 35:12. (God said to Moses) I HAVE…ESTABLISHED
MY COVENANT WITH THEM (Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob), TO GIVE THEM THE LAND
OF CANAAN-Ex 6:4. THE LORD SAID UNTO MOSES, DEPART, AND GO UP HENCE, THOU
AND THE PEOPLE...UNTO THE LAND WHICH I SWARE UNTO ABRAHAM, TO ISAAC, AND
TO JACOB, SAYING, UNTO THY SEED WILL I GIVE IT-Ex 33:1.

(God said to Jacob)
THOU SHALT SPREAD ABROAD TO THE WEST, AND TO THE EAST, AND TO THE NORTH,
AND TO THE SOUTH-Gen 28:14.

(God said to Abraham)
I WILL MAKE THY SEED AS THE DUST OF THE EARTH-Gen 13:16. TELL THE STARS,
IF THOU BE ABLE TO NUMBER THEM...SO SHALL THY SEED BE-Gen 15:5. I WILL...MULTIPLY
THY SEED EXCEEDINGLY-Gen 16:10. I WILL MULTIPLY THY SEED AS THE STARS OF
THE HEAVEN, AND AS THE SAND WHICH IS UPON THE SEA SHORE-Gen 22:17. (God
said to Isaac) I WILL MAKE THY SEED TO MULTIPLY AS THE STARS OF HEAVEN-Gen
26:4. I...WILL..MULTIPLY THY SEED-Gen 26:24. (Isaac said to Jacob) GOD ALMIGHTY...MULTIPLY
THEE, THAT THOU MAYEST BE A MULTITUDE OF PEOPLE-Gen 28:3. (God said to Jacob)
THY SEED SHALL BE AS THE DUST OF THE EARTH-Gen 28:14. (Jacob prayed to God)
THOU SAIDST, I WILL...MAKE THY SEED AS THE SAND OF THE SEA, WHICH CANNOT
BE NUMBERED FOR MULTITUDE-Gen 32:12.

(God said to Abraham)
SARAI THY WIFE, THOU SHALT NOT CALL HER NAME SARAI, BUT SARAH SHALL HER
NAME BE. AND I WILL BLESS HER, AND GIVE THEE A SON ALSO OF HER: YEA, I WILL
BLESS HER, AND SHE SHALL BE A MOTHER OF NATIONS; KINGS OF PEOPLE SHALL BE
OF HER-Gen 17:15,16.

(God said to Abraham)
THIS IS MY COVENANT, WHICH YE SHALL KEEP, BETWEEN ME AND YOU AND THY SEED
AFTER THEE; EVERY MAN CHILD AMONG YOU SHALL BE CIRCUMCISED-Gen 17:10.

(Unto Rebekah) THEY
(the family of Rebekah) BLESSED REBEKAH, AND SAID...BE THOU THE MOTHER OF
THOUSANDS OF MILLIONS (billions)-Gen 24:60.

(Unto Rebekah) (The
family of Rebekah said), LET THY SEED POSSESS THE GATE OF THOSE WHICH HATE
THEM-Gen 24:60.

(God said to Jacob)
I WILL NOT LEAVE THEE UNTIL I HAVE DONE THAT WHICH I HAVE SPOKEN TO THEE
OF-Gen 28:15.

(Jacob prayed) AND
THOU SAIDST, I WILL SURELY DO THEE GOOD-Gen 32:12.

(General) BE YE MINDFUL
(or remember) ALWAYS OF HIS COVENANT; THE WORD WHICH HE COMMANDED TO A THOUSAND
GENERATIONS; EVEN OF THE COVENANT WHICH HE MADE WITH ABRAHAM, AND OF HIS
OATH UNTO ISAAC; AND HATH (also) CONFIRMED THE SAME TO JACOB FOR A LAW (or
statute), AND TO ISRAEL FOR AN EVERLASTING COVENANT, SAYING, UNTO THEE WILL
I GIVE THE LAND OF CANAAN, (as) THE LOT (or portion) OF YOUR INHERITANCE-1
Chr 16:15-18.

(General) HE HATH
REMEMBERED HIS COVENANT FOR EVER, THE WORD WHICH HE COMMANDED TO A THOUSAND
GENERATIONS. WHICH COVENANT HE MADE WITH ABRAHAM, AND HIS OATH UNTO ISAAC;
AND CONFIRMED THE SAME UNTO JACOB FOR A LAW, AND TO ISRAEL FOR AN EVERLASTING
COVENANT-Ps 105:8-10.

8-LOT,
AND SODOM AND GOMORRAH

The Scriptures tell us, AS IT WAS IN THE DAYS OF LOT...EVEN THUS SHALL IT BE
IN THE DAY WHEN THE SON OF MAN IS REVEALED-Lk 17:28,30. Thus, we need to examine
how it was in the days of Lot, as a further indication of how it will be in
the day when Jesus is revealed, even the days we are now in.ABRAM WAS VERY RICH IN CATTLE,
IN SILVER, AND IN GOLD-Gen 13:2. AND LOT ALSO, WHICH WENT WITH ABRAM, HAD FLOCKS,
AND HERDS, AND TENTS. AND THE LAND WAS NOT ABLE TO BEAR THEM, THAT THEY MIGHT
DWELL TOGETHER: FOR THEIR SUBSTANCE WAS GREAT-Gen 13:5,6. AND THERE WAS A STRIFE
BETWEEN THE HERDMEN OF ABRAM'S CATTLE AND THE HERDMEN OF LOT'S CATTLE-Gen 13:7.
AND ABRAM SAID UNTO LOT, LET THERE BE NO STRIFE, I PRAY THEE, BETWEEN ME AND
THEE...FOR WE BE BRETHREN. IS NOT THE WHOLE LAND BEFORE THEE? SEPARATE THYSELF,
I PRAY THEE, FROM ME: IF THOU WILT TAKE THE LEFT HAND, THEN I WILL GO TO THE
RIGHT; OR IF THOU DEPART TO THE RIGHT HAND, THEN I WILL GO TO THE LEFT. AND
LOT LIFTED UP HIS EYES, AND BEHELD ALL THE PLAIN OF JORDAN, THAT IT WAS WELL
WATERED EVERY WHERE, BEFORE THE LORD DESTROYED SODOM AND GOMORRAH, EVEN AS THE
GARDEN OF THE LORD...THEN LOT CHOSE HIM ALL THE PLAIN OF JORDAN; AND LOT JOURNEYED
EAST: AND THEY SEPARATED THEMSELVES THE ONE FROM THE OTHER-Gen 13:8-11. Lot
chose what he believed was the best. This shows a worldly nature. He chose to
go in the direction of Sodom and Gomorrah, wicked cities, in order to obtain
what he considered the best land. There is no mention that he sought the Lord
in his decision. Declining from God is often a gradual process and leads into
the world. Lot eventually ended up in Sodom.

9-THE
SINS OF SODOM AND GOMORRAH

We have already noted that the area about Sodom was prosperous even as the garden
of the Lord. Did their prosperity keep them from doing wickedly? The answer
is no. Their sin was very grievous. Lot was VEXED WITH THE FILTHY CONVERSATION
OF THE WICKED-2 Pe 2:7. They were ungodly-ref 2 Pe 2:6. For Lot, THAT RIGHTEOUS
MAN DWELLING AMONG THEM, IN SEEING AND HEARING, VEXED HIS RIGHTEOUS SOUL FROM
DAY TO DAY WITH THEIR UNLAWFUL DEEDS-2 Pe 2:8. THEIR GRAPES ARE GRAPES OF GALL,
THEIR CLUSTERS ARE BITTER-Deut 32:32. THEIR SIN...THEY HIDE IT NOT-Isa 3:9.
SODOM AND GOMORRHA, AND THE CITIES ABOUT THEM IN LIKE MANNER, they gave THEMSELVES
OVER TO FORNICATION, AND went AFTER STRANGE FLESH (sexual immorality and perversion)-ref
Jude 7. THEY COMMIT ADULTERY, AND WALK IN LIES: THEY STRENGTHEN ALSO THE HANDS
OF EVILDOERS, THAT NONE DOTH RETURN FROM HIS WICKEDNESS-Jere 23:14. Thus, they
worked to prevent people from repenting. They encouraged, strengthened, deceived,
lied to, and assisted the evildoers, so that they would not turn from their
wickedness. BEHOLD, THIS WAS THE INIQUITY OF THY SISTER SODOM, PRIDE (arrogant),
FULLNESS OF BREAD, AND ABUNDANCE OF IDLENESS (overfed and unconcerned)...NEITHER
DID SHE STRENGTHEN THE HAND OF THE POOR AND NEEDY (did not help the poor and
needy-NIV). AND THEY WERE HAUGHTY, AND COMMITTED ABOMINATION (detestable things)
BEFORE ME-Ezek 16:49,50. Homosexuality was great in the city-ref Gen 19:4-11.
In Sodom, there were not ten righteous men-ref Gen 18:32. Yet we read, IF THE
MIGHTY WORKS, WHICH HAVE BEEN DONE IN THEE (in Capernaum), HAD BEEN DONE IN
SODOM, IT WOULD HAVE REMAINED UNTIL THIS DAY-Mt 11:23.AS IT WAS IN THE DAYS OF LOT;
THEY DID EAT, THEY DRANK, THEY BOUGHT, THEY SOLD, THEY PLANTED, THEY BUILDED-Lk
17:28. They were going about business as usual and not suspecting that their
day of judgment was at hand. These did not believe they would be destroyed,
until the time it actually happened. It is much the same today.
BUT THE SAME DAY THAT LOT WENT OUT OF SODOM IT RAINED FIRE AND BRIMSTONE FROM
HEAVEN, AND DESTROYED THEM ALL. EVEN THUS SHALL IT BE IN THE DAY WHEN THE SON
OF MAN IS REVEALED-Lk 17:29,30. For THE LORD KNOWETH HOW TO DELIVER THE GODLY
OUT OF TEMPTATIONS, AND TO RESERVE THE UNJUST UNTO THE DAY OF JUDGMENT TO BE
PUNISHED-2 Pe 2:9.

10-THE
LORD DETERMINED TO GO TO SODOM

THE TWO ANGELS ARRIVED AT SODOM IN THE EVENING, AND LOT WAS SITTING IN THE GATEWAY
OF THE CITY-Gen 19:1 NIV. This indicates that Lot was in a position of authority
in the city. WHEN HE SAW THEM, HE GOT UP TO MEET THEM AND BOWED DOWN WITH HIS
FACE TO THE GROUND-Gen 19:1 NIV. THEY TURNED IN UNTO HIM, AND ENTERED INTO HIS
HOUSE-Gen 19:2. BUT...THE MEN OF THE CITY...COMPASSED THE HOUSE ROUND, BOTH
OLD AND YOUNG...FROM EVERY QUARTER: AND THEY CALLED UNTO LOT, AND SAID UNTO
HIM, WHERE ARE THE MEN WHICH CAME IN TO THEE THIS NIGHT? BRING THEM OUT UNTO
US, THAT WE MAY KNOW THEM. AND LOT...SAID, I PRAY YOU, BRETHREN, DO NOT SO WICKEDLY...AND
(they) CAME NEAR TO BREAK THE DOOR. BUT THE MEN (the two angels) PUT FORTH THEIR
HAND, AND PULLED LOT INTO THE HOUSE TO THEM, AND SHUT TO THE DOOR. AND THEY
SMOTE THE MEN THAT WERE AT THE DOOR WITH BLINDNESS-Gen 19:4-7,9,10.AND THE MEN SAID UNTO LOT,
HAST THOU HERE ANY BESIDES? SON IN LAW, AND THY SONS, AND THY DAUGHTERS, AND
WHATSOEVER THOU HAST IN THE CITY, BRING THEM OUT OF THIS PLACE: FOR WE WILL
DESTROY THIS PLACE-Gen 19:12,13.SO LOT WENT OUT, AND SPOKE
TO HIS SONS-IN-LAW, WHO WERE PLEDGED TO MARRY HIS DAUGHTERS. HE SAID, "HURRY
AND GET OUT OF THIS PLACE, BECAUSE THE LORD IS ABOUT TO DESTROY THE CITY!"
BUT HIS SONS-IN-LAW THOUGHT HE WAS JOKING-Gen 19:14 NIV.Remember, it is written, AS...THE
DAYS OF LOT...THUS SHALL IT BE IN THE DAY WHEN THE SON OF MAN IS REVEALED-Lk
17:28,30. By God's mercy, the sons-in-law of Lot were being given a chance to
escape the fiery judgment and annihilation of Sodom and Gomorrha. They were
being given a chance to escape hell. Consider this great tragedy. For the pleasures
of just one last day of doing their own will, they chose death and eternal damnation.
Consider, for thousands of years already, they have been in hell—all in exchange
for just one day of pleasure and choosing not to believe God's Word. We might
consider that their decision to reject God's offer of mercy, in exchange for
a few hours of doing their own will, seems beyond human understanding. To choose
eternity in the lake of fire for a few hours of pleasure seems ludicrous, yet
so many people today do exactly the same thing: they reject God's mercy. They
refuse to repent of their sins and surrender themselves to the Lordship of Christ.
They refuse God's love, so they can have a few more days, months, or years of
selfishness—in exchange, they receive eternal damnation. Is this you?As it is written, LOT...SEEMED
AS ONE THAT MOCKED UNTO HIS SONS IN LAW-Gen 19:14. HIS SONS-IN-LAW THOUGHT HE
WAS JOKING-NIV. We might wonder if they thought he was joking, because he appears
to have become a compromiser. He appears to have become carnal or lukewarm in
his faith. He did not seem to be living separated from Sodom but was a part
of the community. His backslidden lifestyle may have nullified his plea to his
sons-in-law. The Christians of today are also lukewarm. The people of today
also react as Lot’s sons-in-law. When someone talks about Jesus returning, people
mock. As it is written, KNOWING THIS FIRST, THAT THERE SHALL COME IN THE LAST
DAYS SCOFFERS, WALKING AFTER THEIR OWN LUSTS, AND SAYING, WHERE IS THE PROMISE
OF HIS COMING?-2 Pe 3:3,4. Many people today mock and ridicule those who are
trying to warn them that Jesus will return and that they ought to repent.

11-LOT
AND HIS FAMILY LEAVE SODOM

AND WHEN THE MORNING AROSE, THEN THE ANGELS HASTENED LOT, SAYING, ARISE,
TAKE THY WIFE, AND THY TWO DAUGHTERS, WHICH ARE HERE; LEST THOU BE CONSUMED
IN THE INIQUITY OF THE CITY. Note the words, LEST THOU BE CONSUMED IN THE INIQUITY
OF THE CITY. The next verse continues, AND WHILE HE LINGERED. By lingering,
it was evident that Lot was still struggling in his obedience to the Lord in
this matter. Though the people of the city were wicked, yet something there
seemed to hold an attraction for Lot. He was having some difficulty in leaving.
Pulling away from sin, even from our sinful environment or surroundings, may
be difficult sometimes. Sin has an alluring attraction for the flesh. Sin may
offer pleasure but produces death. Christians are not to have fellowship with
the unfruitful works of darkness-ref Eph 5:11. Yet it can be difficult to cut
those ties. People often refuse to obey God and leave their dead churches. They
may not want to leave the blind leaders of the blind. They may refuse to obey
God and continue to fellowship with those that hate God. They linger.AND WHILE HE LINGERED, THE
MEN LAID HOLD UPON HIS HAND, AND UPON THE HAND OF HIS WIFE, AND UPON THE HAND
OF HIS TWO DAUGHTERS; THE LORD BEING MERCIFUL UNTO HIM: AND THEY BROUGHT HIM
FORTH, AND SET HIM WITHOUT THE CITY.One of the angels said unto
Lot, ESCAPE FOR THY LIFE; LOOK NOT BEHIND THEE. Note, two direct commands
are given: 1-ESCAPE; 2-LOOK NOT BEHIND THEE. We need to escape from the ways
of the world. We need to be set free from the works of darkness. We need to
overcome all things. Once we begin to follow Jesus, we should not look back
but look forward to Jesus. We should not look back and desire our old sinful
ways. Our past is to be put behind us, as we put off the old and put on the
new. As it is written, NO MAN, HAVING PUT HIS HAND TO THE PLOUGH, AND LOOKING
BACK, IS FIT FOR THE KINGDOM OF GOD-Lk 9:62.The Lord continued, NEITHER
STAY THOU IN ALL THE PLAIN; ESCAPE TO THE MOUNTAIN, LEST THOU BE CONSUMED.
Again Lot hesitates in obeying the Lord. LOT SAID UNTO THEM, OH, NOT SO, MY
LORD. Note that Lot is listening to another voice: a voice of compromise, a
voice of fearfulness, a voice prompted by his emotions. Lot said, BEHOLD NOW,
THY SERVANT HATH FOUND GRACE IN THY SIGHT, AND THOU HAST MAGNIFIED THY MERCY,
WHICH THOU HAST SHEWED UNTO ME IN SAVING MY LIFE; AND I CANNOT ESCAPE TO THE
MOUNTAIN, LEST SOME EVIL TAKE ME, AND I DIE. Lot was fearful. He was not trusting
in the Lord as he ought. He did not understand that what he feared might come
upon him in the mountain, indeed, might come upon him in Zoar. Lot continued,
BEHOLD NOW, THIS CITY IS NEAR TO FLEE UNTO, AND IT IS A LITTLE ONE: OH, LET
ME ESCAPE THITHER, (IS IT NOT A LITTLE ONE?) AND MY SOUL SHALL LIVE.AND HE (the Lord) SAID UNTO
HIM, SEE, I HAVE ACCEPTED THEE CONCERNING THIS THING ALSO, THAT I WILL NOT OVERTHROW
THIS CITY, FOR THE WHICH THOU HAST SPOKEN-Gen 19:15-21.HASTE THEE, ESCAPE THITHER;
FOR I CANNOT DO ANY THING TILL THOU BE COME THITHER. Note the words, I CANNOT
DO ANY THING TILL THOU BE COME THITHER. Lot had to escape to safety before the
destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah and the cities of the plain would take place.
THEREFORE THE NAME OF THE CITY WAS CALLED ZOAR. Some may say this represents
a type of Rapture wherein the saints have to be removed before the Tribulation
can begin.THE SUN WAS RISEN UPON THE
EARTH WHEN LOT ENTERED INTO ZOAR. THEN THE LORD RAINED UPON SODOM AND UPON GOMORRAH
BRIMSTONE AND FIRE FROM THE LORD OUT OF HEAVEN; AND HE OVERTHREW THOSE CITIES,
AND ALL THE PLAIN, AND ALL THE INHABITANTS OF THE CITIES, AND THAT WHICH GREW
UPON THE GROUND-Gen 19:22-25. We might consider, in Sodom, since the morning
seems to have come and passed, the people were probably laughing and joking
about the possibility that their city was going to be destroyed by the Lord.
But then it happened, and their mocking undoubtedly turned into screams of terror
and death.

12-LOT’S
WIFE LOOKS BACK (SPIRITUAL WARFARE)

BUT HIS WIFE LOOKED BACK FROM BEHIND HIM, AND SHE BECAME A PILLAR OF
SALT-Gen 19:26. She did not believe the words of the Lord. It cost her,
her life. Many today will not believe God means what He says. It costs them
their life.One might wonder, if Lot's
arguing with the Lord about not going to the mountain but rather to Zoar and
succeeding, could have caused his wife to think that she could disregard God’s
warning by looking back and nothing would happen. Was her looking back simply
to see what had happened? or was it a longing for the city she had left? Was
it a desire to return to the old, rather than proceed on to the new, to which
God in His mercy had called her? It appears her heart was still in Sodom. She
had left behind her house, her friends, and the sons-in-law that were engaged
to her two daughters. It is written, REMEMBER LOT’S WIFE-Lk 17:32. Once God
has called a person out of the darkness into His marvelous light, he is not
to look back.Remember how Lot was afraid
at first to escape to the mountain, lest some evil would overtake him? It is
written, AND LOT WENT UP OUT OF ZOAR, AND DWELT IN THE MOUNTAIN, AND
HIS TWO DAUGHTERS WITH HIM; FOR HE FEARED TO DWELL IN ZOAR: AND HE DWELT IN
A CAVE-Gen 19:30. How much better it is to obey God the first time and not argue
with Him. We need to learn to be childlike, humble, and submissive before God's
Word without arguing.Lot had gone toward Sodom
with great riches. He came out hesitantly, having nearly nothing. He had become
a compromiser. He came out with a carnal or lukewarm attitude. He had become
fearful. He had lost nearly all worldly possessions, even his house. He lost
his sons-in-law. He lost his friends. He lost his wife, and his daughters had
become perverted. Lot went toward Sodom rich. He came out poor.Did Lot succeed in causing
Sodom to repent? No. Did they cause him to become carnal? Did his wife and daughters
turn from the ways of God? Yes. Were the sons-in-law, who were engaged to his
daughters, men of faith? No.AND THE FIRSTBORN SAID UNTO
THE YOUNGER, OUR FATHER IS OLD, AND THERE IS NOT A MAN IN THE EARTH TO COME
IN UNTO US (that we may preserve seed of our father)...COME, LET US MAKE OUR
FATHER DRINK WINE, AND WE WILL LIE WITH HIM...AND THE FIRSTBORN WENT IN, AND
LAY WITH HER FATHER; AND HE PERCEIVED NOT...AND...ON THE MORROW...THE YOUNGER
AROSE, AND LAY WITH HIM-Gen 19:31-35. Lot’s own daughters had become perverted
with the standards of Sodom.

13-HOW
IT WAS IN THE DAYS OF LOT

Lot had great riches
and chose to go in the direction of the wicked

The area was well
watered

The area they lived
in was desirable

It was a good place
to live

Their sin was very
grievous

Their conversation
was wicked

They were ungodly

They did unlawful
or lawless deeds

Their grapes were
grapes of gall

Their clusters were
bitter

They did not hide
their sin

They gave themselves
over to fornication

They went after strange
flesh

They committed adultery

They walked in lies

They strengthened
the hands of the evildoers

They worked to prevent
people from repenting

They had much pride

They were arrogant

They had much food
and were overfed

They had an abundance
of idleness

They did not help
the poor and needy

They were haughty

They committed abominations
or detestable things

Homosexuality abounded
in the city

There were not ten
righteous men in the city (very, very few were really following God)

Yet if the mighty
works that were done in Capernaum had been done in Sodom, it would have
remained until this day

Judgment and destruction
was about to come upon them

Yet they drank

They bought

They sold

They planted

They builded (going
about business as usual)

They did not believe
judgment would really come upon them

They mocked and ridiculed
those who warned that God's judgment was coming

(also)

Lot was vexed with
their unlawful deeds, yet he chose to dwell there

Lot warned his sons-in-law,
but they refused to believe

Lot lingered (hesitated
to leave)

Lot's family appears
to have lingered

Lot had become worldly
or lukewarm

God delivered His
people before Sodom and Gomorrah were destroyed

Lot argued with the
Lord about where he should go

Lot was fearful

Lot's trust in the
Lord to take care of him in the mountain was lacking

Lot did not set as
good an example as he could have for his family

Lot's wife looked
back and became a pillar of salt

Lot’s wife did not
believe God’s Word

Lot’s daughters had
become perverted

They were not seeking
holiness

They did not patiently
trust and wait upon the Lord (ref Gen 19:30-38)

Abraham
begat Isaac by the freewoman, Sarah. Isaac begat Jacob. Jacob's name was changed
by God to Israel. From Jacob's descendants came forth the twelve tribes of Israel.

15-JACOB'S
NAME CHANGED TO ISRAEL

We might ask, "How did Israel get his name?"It is written, AND HE (Jacob)
ROSE UP THAT NIGHT, AND TOOK HIS TWO WIVES, AND HIS TWO WOMENSERVANTS, AND HIS
ELEVEN SONS, AND PASSED OVER THE FORD JABBOK. AND HE TOOK THEM, AND SENT THEM
OVER THE BROOK, AND SENT OVER THAT HE HAD. AND JACOB WAS LEFT ALONE; AND THERE
WRESTLED A MAN WITH HIM UNTIL THE BREAKING OF THE DAY. AND WHEN HE SAW THAT
HE PREVAILED NOT AGAINST HIM, HE TOUCHED THE HOLLOW OF HIS THIGH; AND THE HOLLOW
OF JACOB'S THIGH WAS OUT OF JOINT, AS HE WRESTLED WITH HIM. AND HE SAID, LET
ME GO, FOR THE DAY BREAKETH. AND HE SAID, I WILL NOT LET THEE GO, EXCEPT THOU
BLESS ME.AND HE SAID UNTO HIM, WHAT
IS THY NAME? AND HE SAID, JACOB. Jacob confessed his name, which means "supplanter"
or "deceiver." We may say, he admitted he was a sinner. After Jacob
confessed his name, then the man said...THY NAME SHALL BE CALLED NO MORE JACOB,
BUT ISRAEL: FOR AS A PRINCE HAST THOU POWER WITH GOD AND WITH MEN, AND HAST
PREVAILED. Jacob’s name was changed from "deceiver" to "Israel,"
which means, "God rules; or strives with God; or a prince of God; or overcomes
and prevails; or God’s fighter."AND JACOB ASKED HIM, AND SAID,
TELL ME, I PRAY THEE, THY NAME. AND HE SAID, WHEREFORE IS IT THAT THOU DOST
ASK AFTER MY NAME? AND HE BLESSED HIM THERE.AND JACOB CALLED THE NAME
OF THE PLACE PENIEL: FOR I HAVE SEEN GOD FACE TO FACE, AND MY LIFE IS PRESERVED.
AND AS HE PASSED OVER PENUEL THE SUN ROSE UPON HIM, AND HE HALTED UPON HIS THIGH.
THEREFORE THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL EAT NOT OF THE SINEW WHICH SHRANK, WHICH IS
UPON THE HOLLOW OF THE THIGH, UNTIL THIS DAY: BECAUSE HE TOUCHED THE HOLLOW
OF JACOB'S THIGH IN THE SINEW THAT SHRANK-Gen 32:22-32.AND GOD APPEARED UNTO JACOB
AGAIN, WHEN HE CAME OUT OF PADAN-ARAM, AND BLESSED HIM. AND GOD SAID UNTO HIM,
THY NAME IS JACOB: THY NAME SHALL NOT BE CALLED ANY MORE JACOB, BUT ISRAEL SHALL
BE THY NAME: AND HE CALLED HIS NAME ISRAEL. AND GOD SAID UNTO HIM, I AM GOD
ALMIGHTY: BE FRUITFUL AND MULTIPLY; A NATION AND A COMPANY OF NATIONS SHALL
BE OF THEE, AND KINGS SHALL COME OUT OF THY LOINS; AND THE LAND WHICH I GAVE
ABRAHAM AND ISAAC, TO THEE I WILL GIVE IT, AND TO THY SEED AFTER THEE WILL I
GIVE THE LAND-Gen 35:9-12.

16-FROM
THE DEATH OF JACOB TO DANIEL (SUMMARY)

While in Egypt, Moses was born-ref Acts 7:20. The Lord worked great miracles
by the hand of Moses against Egypt-ref Ex 3:14,17,20. Moses led the Jews out
of the land of Egypt. The children of Israel had been in Egypt for four hundred
and thirty years-ref Ex 12:40,41. And Israel rebelled against God, and brought
up an evil report regarding the promised land. Thus, Israel wandered in the
wilderness forty years, and God was grieved with that generation-ref Heb 3:8-10.
All the Jews from the age of twenty and upward died in the wilderness, except
two-ref Num chapters 13 and 14.The seven feasts of Leviticus
were initiated-ref Lev chapter 23. The tabernacle, the ark, mercy seat, cherubims,
table, candlestick, seven lamps, veil, door, altar, horns, court, gate and lamp
to burn were all initiated-ref Ex chapters 25, 26, 27.Israel was tempted in the
wilderness. Finally, Joshua was given a charge. Moses did see the promised land,
but was not permitted to pass over the Jordan River-ref Deut 34:1-4. Moses died,
but his life force never abated-ref Deut 31:14; 34:5-8. The children of Israel
followed Joshua, and entered the promised land-ref Deut 34:9; Jos 3:15-17; yet,
they still would not obey God. They wanted a king-ref 1 Sam 8:5-8. Saul became
the first king, and David followed-ref 2 Sam 7:12-17. Afterward, came Solomon.
Israel later split into Israel and Judah-ref 2 Chr 10:11,15,19.Finally, Israel was conquered
because of sinning against the Lord. They would not follow the Lord-ref 2 Ki
17:11,13,14; 18:11,12. Eventually, Judah was also conquered-ref Jere 19:15;
Dan 1:1-3; 2 Chr 36:7; Jere 52:28; 2 Ki 24:11,14,15.Then Nebuchadnezzar had a
dream, and Daniel told him the dream and the interpretation. That dream included
the kingdoms that would follow his, as well as prophecies which included events
that are yet to happen-ref Dan 2:1-45.During the days of Daniel,
other prophecies also came forth directly relating to the times in which we
are now living-ref many chapters in Daniel. Among the most significant was Daniel
9:21-27, which are the "seventy weeks of Daniel."

Israel had gone to Egypt and dwelt there for 430 years. During four hundred
of those years, they were treated in an evil way. NOW THE SOJOURNING OF THE
CHILDREN OF ISRAEL, WHO DWELT IN EGYPT, WAS FOUR HUNDRED AND THIRTY YEARS. AND
IT CAME TO PASS AT THE END OF THE FOUR HUNDRED AND THIRTY YEARS, EVEN THE SELFSAME
DAY IT CAME TO PASS, THAT ALL THE HOSTS OF THE LORD WENT OUT FROM THE LAND OF
EGYPT-Ex 12:40,41.And Moses, HE BROUGHT THEM
OUT, AFTER THAT HE HAD SHEWED WONDERS AND SIGNS IN THE LAND OF EGYPT, AND IN
THE RED SEA, AND IN THE WILDERNESS FORTY YEARS-Acts 7:36.

The Lord said, CHARGE JOSHUA, AND ENCOURAGE HIM, AND STRENGTHEN HIM: FOR HE
SHALL GO OVER BEFORE THIS PEOPLE, AND HE SHALL CAUSE THEM TO INHERIT THE LAND
WHICH THOU SHALT SEE-Deut 3:28. AND HE GAVE JOSHUA THE SON OF NUN A CHARGE,
AND SAID, BE STRONG AND OF A GOOD COURAGE: FOR THOU SHALT BRING THE CHILDREN
OF ISRAEL INTO THE LAND WHICH I SWARE UNTO THEM: AND I WILL BE WITH THEE-Deut
31:23.Moses told the people, THE
LORD THY GOD, HE WILL GO OVER BEFORE THEE, AND HE WILL DESTROY THESE NATIONS
FROM BEFORE THEE, AND THOU SHALT POSSESS THEM: AND JOSHUA, HE SHALL GO OVER
BEFORE THEE, AS THE LORD HATH SAID-Deut 31:3.

19-MOSES
SEES THE PROMISED LAND

During the Tribulation, two prophets (or witnesses) of God come forth. Some
consider Moses could be one of those two. Therefore, information on his seeing
the Promised Land and his death could have a direct bearing on Bible prophecy.AND MOSES WENT UP FROM THE
PLAINS OF MOAB UNTO THE MOUNTAIN OF NEBO, TO THE TOP OF PISGAH…AND THE LORD
SHOWED HIM ALL THE LAND OF GILEAD, UNTO DAN, AND ALL NAPHTALI, AND THE LAND
OF EPHRAIM, AND MANASSEH, AND ALL THE LAND OF JUDAH, UNTO THE UTMOST SEA, AND
THE SOUTH, AND THE PLAIN OF THE VALLEY OF JERICHO, THE CITY OF PALM TREES, UNTO
ZOAR. AND THE LORD SAID UNTO HIM, THIS IS THE LAND WHICH I SWARE UNTO ABRAHAM,
UNTO ISAAC, AND UNTO JACOB, SAYING, I WILL GIVE IT UNTO THY SEED: I HAVE CAUSED
THEE TO SEE IT WITH THINE EYES, BUT THOU SHALT NOT GO OVER-Deut 34:1-4. Certainly,
Moses wished to go to the Promised Land. Perhaps his desire will be fulfilled
during the Tribulation as one of the two witnesses of God.

20-DEATH
OF MOSES: HIS NATURAL FORCE WAS NOT ABATED

AND THE LORD SAID UNTO MOSES, BEHOLD, THY DAYS APPROACH THAT THOU MUST DIE-Deut
31:14. SO MOSES THE SERVANT OF THE LORD DIED THERE IN THE LAND OF MOAB, ACCORDING
TO THE WORD OF THE LORD. AND HE (the Lord) BURIED HIM IN A VALLEY IN THE LAND
OF MOAB, OVER AGAINST BETH-PEOR: BUT NO MAN KNOWETH OF HIS SEPULCHER UNTO THIS
DAY (where his grave is). AND MOSES WAS AN HUNDRED AND TWENTY YEARS OLD WHEN
HE DIED: HIS EYE WAS NOT DIM, NOR HIS NATURAL FORCE ABATED.AND THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL
WEPT FOR MOSES IN THE PLAINS OF MOAB THIRTY DAYS: SO THE DAYS OF WEEPING AND
MOURNING FOR MOSES WERE ENDED-Deut 34:5-8.

Entering into the Promised Land and some of the events that happened have a
direct bearing on Bible prophecy. Included are the principal ones you may need
to help you have a fuller understanding of the days in which we live and what
is yet to come.AND JOSHUA THE SON OF NUN
WAS FULL OF THE SPIRIT OF WISDOM; FOR MOSES HAD LAID HIS HANDS UPON HIM: AND
THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL HEARKENED UNTO HIM, AND DID AS THE LORD COMMANDED MOSES-Deut
34:9.The Lord spake to Joshua,
and said, MOSES MY SERVANT IS DEAD; NOW THEREFORE ARISE, GO OVER THIS JORDAN,
THOU, AND ALL THIS PEOPLE, UNTO THE LAND WHICH I DO GIVE TO THEM, EVEN TO THE
CHILDREN OF ISRAEL-Jos 1:2.And it came to pass, AS THEY
THAT BARE THE ARK WERE COME UNTO JORDAN, AND THE FEET OF THE PRIESTS THAT BARE
THE ARK WERE DIPPED IN THE BRIM OF THE WATER (the water’s edge)...THAT THE WATERS
WHICH CAME DOWN FROM ABOVE STOOD AND ROSE UP...AND WERE CUT OFF: AND THE PEOPLE
PASSED OVER RIGHT AGAINST JERICHO. ALL THE ISRAELITES PASSED OVER ON DRY GROUND-Jos
3:15-17. The children of Israel had now entered the Promised Land.

22-CHILDREN
OF ISRAEL WILL NOT OBEY GOD: THEY WANT A KING

The establishment of a king in Israel and the throne has a direct bearing on
Bible prophecy. The throne of David was to be established for ever; upon the
throne of David, Jesus will reign during the Millennium. In addition, David
himself will reign during the Millennium as the king of Israel; Jesus will reign
as the King of kings and the Lord of lords. The elders of Israel said
unto Samuel, MAKE US A KING TO JUDGE US LIKE ALL THE NATIONS. BUT THE THING
DISPLEASED SAMUEL...AND SAMUEL PRAYED UNTO THE LORD. AND THE LORD SAID UNTO
SAMUEL, HEARKEN UNTO THE VOICE OF THE PEOPLE IN ALL THAT THEY SAY UNTO THEE:
FOR THEY HAVE NOT REJECTED THEE, BUT THEY HAVE REJECTED ME, THAT I SHOULD NOT
REIGN OVER THEM. ACCORDING TO ALL THE WORKS WHICH THEY HAVE DONE SINCE THE DAY
THAT I BROUGHT THEM UP OUT OF EGYPT EVEN UNTO THIS DAY, WHEREWITH THEY HAVE
FORSAKEN ME, AND SERVED OTHER GODS, SO DO THEY ALSO UNTO THEE-1 Sam 8:5-8.

23-THE
KINGS OF ISRAEL AND THE TABERNACLE

Saul became the first
king of Israel. But he would not obey the commandments of the Lord. So Samuel
said to Saul, THY KINGDOM SHALL NOT CONTINUE: THE LORD HATH SOUGHT HIM A MAN
AFTER HIS OWN HEART...BECAUSE THOU HAST NOT KEPT THAT WHICH THE LORD COMMANDED
THEE-1 Sam 13:14. The reign of Saul began approximately l065 B.C.David became
the second king of Israel. Bath-sheba his wife bear a son, whose name was Solomon.
And the Lord spoke to David by Nathan the prophet, saying, I WILL SET UP THY
SEED AFTER THEE...AND I WILL ESTABLISH HIS KINGDOM. AND THINE HOUSE AND THY
KINGDOM SHALL BE ESTABLISHED FOR EVER BEFORE THEE: THY THRONE SHALL BE ESTABLISHED
FOR EVER-2 Sam 7:12,16.Again we read, THE THRONE
OF DAVID SHALL BE ESTABLISHED BEFORE THE LORD FOR EVER-1 Ki 2:45. From the reign
of David and thereafter, the throne was often referred to as the throne of David.When Jesus returns, He shall
reign and rule on the throne of David. It is written, THOU SHALT...BRING FORTH
A SON, AND SHALT CALL HIS NAME JESUS...AND THE LORD GOD SHALL GIVE UNTO
HIM THE THRONE OF HIS FATHER DAVID-Lk 1:31,32. OF THE INCREASE OF HIS GOVERNMENT
AND PEACE THERE SHALL BE NO END, UPON THE THRONE OF DAVID, AND UPON HIS KINGDOM,
TO ORDER IT, AND TO ESTABLISH IT WITH JUDGMENT AND WITH JUSTICE FROM HENCEFORTH
EVEN FOR EVER-Isa 9:7.During the Millennium, David
will be the king of Israel. As it is written, BUT THEY SHALL SERVE THE LORD
THEIR GOD, AND DAVID THEIR KING, WHOM I WILL RAISE UP UNTO THEM-Jere 30:9.Solomon
became the third king of Israel. He was the son of David. Because of his disobedience
to the Lord, Israel would become a divided kingdom. As Solomon grew older, he
LOVED MANY STRANGE WOMEN-1 Ki 11:1. AND HE HAD SEVEN HUNDRED WIVES, PRINCESSES,
AND THREE HUNDRED CONCUBINES: AND HIS WIVES TURNED AWAY HIS HEART. FOR IT CAME
TO PASS, WHEN SOLOMON WAS OLD, THAT HIS WIVES TURNED AWAY HIS HEART AFTER OTHER
GODS…AND SOLOMON DID EVIL IN THE SIGHT OF THE LORD…AND THE LORD WAS ANGRY WITH
SOLOMON…WHEREFORE THE LORD SAID UNTO SOLOMON...I WILL SURELY REND THE KINGDOM
FROM THEE-1 Ki 11:3,4,6,9,11.And Solomon built a temple
in Jerusalem-ref 1 Chr 6:10. This is also important in Bible prophecy, as this
temple, which is also called the tabernacle of David, will be raised up by the
Lord. It is written, IN THAT DAY WILL I (the Lord) RAISE UP THE TABERNACLE OF
DAVID THAT IS FALLEN, AND CLOSE UP THE BREACHES THEREOF; AND I WILL RAISE UP
HIS RUINS, AND I WILL BUILD IT AS IN THE DAYS OF OLD-Amos 9:11.Rehoboam
was the fourth king. Solomon died, AND REHOBOAM HIS SON REIGNED IN HIS STEAD-1
Ki 11:43.

24-THE
TRIBES OF ISRAEL SPLIT INTO ISRAEL AND JUDAH

From about 945 B.C. (SOME SAY ABOUT 931), Israel was a divided nation. It consisted
of the northern kingdom called Israel and the southern kingdom called Judah.
This continued until they were conquered.The southern kingdom was called
Judah. It consisted of the tribes of Judah and Benjamin.The northern kingdom was called
Israel. It had ten tribes: Reuben, Simeon, Gad, Ephraim, Issachar, Naphtali,
Manasseh, Zebulun, Asher, and Dan.Because Solomon had done evil
in the sight of the Lord, the kingdom was split after Solomon died.AND REHOBOAM WENT TO SHECHEM:
FOR TO SHECHEM WERE ALL ISRAEL COME TO MAKE HIM KING. SO JEROBOAM AND ALL ISRAEL
CAME AND SPAKE TO REHOBOAM, SAYING, THY FATHER (Solomon) MADE OUR YOKE GRIEVOUS:
NOW THEREFORE EASE THOU SOMEWHAT THE GRIEVOUS SERVITUDE OF THY FATHER, AND HIS
HEAVY YOKE THAT HE PUT UPON US, AND WE WILL SERVE THEE-2 Chr 10:1,3,4. So on
the third day, Rehoboam, the king, answered them roughly, and said, MY FATHER
MADE YOUR YOKE HEAVY, BUT I WILL ADD THERETO: MY FATHER CHASTISED YOU WITH WHIPS,
BUT I WILL CHASTISE YOU WITH SCORPIONS-2 Chr 10:14.AND ISRAEL REBELLED AGAINST
THE HOUSE OF DAVID UNTO THIS DAY. FOR THE CAUSE WAS OF GOD-2 Chr 10:19,15. This
came to pass approximately 945 B.C., yet it was prophesied that the day would
come when they would be one nation again.It is written, I WILL MAKE
THEM ONE NATION IN THE LAND...AND THEY SHALL BE NO MORE TWO NATIONS-Ezek 37:22.
It seemed impossible that the two would one day be reunited. Since Israel’s
rebirth in 1948, they are indeed one nation just as the Bible had said. This
prophecy is accurate. This has an additional fulfillment during the Millennium.

25-ISRAEL
CONQUERED

SO IT WAS, THAT THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL HAD SINNED AGAINST THE LORD THEIR GOD...FOR
THEY SERVED IDOLS...YET THE LORD TESTIFIED AGAINST ISRAEL...BY...THE PROPHETS...SAYING,
TURN YE...NOTWITHSTANDING THEY WOULD NOT HEAR, BUT HARDENED THEIR NECKS-2 Ki
17:7,12-14.AND THE KING OF ASSYRIA DID
CARRY AWAY ISRAEL INTO ASSYRIA-2 Ki 18:11. This came to pass approximately 721
B.C.God had warned Israel, MY
GOD WILL CAST THEM AWAY, BECAUSE THEY DID NOT HEARKEN UNTO HIM: AND THEY SHALL
BE WANDERERS AMONG THE NATIONS-Hos 9:17.

26-JUDAH
CONQUERED: PROPHECIES FULFILLED

Jeremiah
warned the people of Judah. He said, THEY HAVE BURNED INCENSE UNTO ALL THE HOST
OF HEAVEN, AND HAVE POURED OUT DRINK OFFERINGS UNTO OTHER GODS-Jere 19:13. He
further said, THUS SAITH THE LORD OF HOSTS...BEHOLD, I WILL BRING UPON THIS
CITY AND UPON ALL HER TOWNS ALL THE EVIL THAT I HAVE PRONOUNCED AGAINST IT,
BECAUSE THEY HAVE HARDENED THEIR NECKS, THAT THEY MIGHT NOT HEAR MY WORDS-Jere
19:15. Several different times, from 605 B.C. to 588 or 586 B.C., people were
carried away into captivity. Some scholars believe the number of times was three,
while others may say four or five. Regarding the Jews being carried away, various
figures are given: an unknown number in Dan 1:2,3; 3,023 in Jere 52:28;
10,000 in 2 Ki 24:14; 832 in Jere 52:29; and an unknown number in 2 Ki 25:11.

Number one.
Nebuchadnezzar, the king of Babylon, came UNTO JERUSALEM, AND BESIEGED IT-Dan
1:1. AND THE LORD GAVE JEHOIAKIM KING OF JUDAH INTO HIS HAND, WITH PART OF THE
VESSELS OF THE HOUSE OF GOD…AND THE KING SPAKE UNTO...THE MASTER OF HIS EUNUCHS,
THAT HE SHOULD BRING CERTAIN OF THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL, AND OF THE KING’S SEED,
AND OF THE PRINCES-Dan 1:2,3; ref 2 Ki 24:1. This took place approximately 605
B.C.

Another carrying away
happened approximately 598 or 597 B.C.

The destruction of Jerusalem
occurred about 589 to 586 B.C. AND THE CITY WAS BESIEGED…AND ON THE NINTH DAY
OF THE FOURTH MONTH THE FAMINE PREVAILED IN THE CITY, AND THERE WAS NO BREAD
FOR THE PEOPLE-2 Ki 25:2,3.AND THEY BURNT THE HOUSE OF
GOD, AND BRAKE DOWN THE WALL OF JERUSALEM, AND BURNT ALL THE PALACES THEREOF
WITH FIRE, AND DESTROYED ALL THE GOODLY VESSELS THEREOF-2 Chr 36:19.All these have a direct bearing
on Bible prophecy, for it was prophesied that one day Israel would be reborn.
Without their destruction, there could be no rebirth.

Israel had now been destroyed. But it was prophesied that after a long time
in a period called "the latter years," Israel would once again be
a nation. It is written, AFTER MANY DAYS (a long time)...IN THE LATTER YEARS
THOU SHALT COME INTO THE LAND (Israel) THAT IS…BROUGHT FORTH OUT OF THE NATIONS-Ezek
38:8. SHALL...A NATION (Israel) BE BORN AT ONCE?-Isa 66:8. SHALL I BRING TO
THE BIRTH (Israel), AND NOT CAUSE TO BRING FORTH?-Isa 66:9.Two of these prophecies were
written many years before Judah was destroyed. Israel was reborn as a nation
on May 14, 1948.

The dream of Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, has a direct bearing on latter
day Bible prophecy; therefore, this subject needs to be covered. Some have estimated
the date of this event as 604 B.C.Daniel was carried into Babylon
during the first carrying away. And it came to pass, IN THE SECOND YEAR OF THE
REIGN OF NEBUCHADNEZZAR, NEBUCHADNEZZAR DREAMED DREAMS, WHEREWITH HIS SPIRIT
WAS TROUBLED, AND HIS SLEEP BREAK FROM HIM. THEN THE KING COMMANDED TO CALL
THE MAGICIANS, AND THE ASTROLOGERS, AND THE SORCERERS, AND THE CHALDEANS, FOR
TO SHOW THE KING HIS DREAMS. SO THEY CAME AND STOOD BEFORE THE KING. AND THE
KING SAID UNTO THEM, I HAVE DREAMED A DREAM, AND MY SPIRIT WAS TROUBLED TO KNOW
THE DREAM-Dan 2:1-3.THEN SPAKE THE CHALDEANS TO
THE KING IN SYRIACK, O KING, LIVE FOR EVER: TELL THY SERVANTS THE DREAM, AND
WE WILL SHOW THE INTERPRETATION. THE KING ANSWERED AND SAID TO THE CHALDEANS,
THE THING IS GONE FROM ME: IF YE WILL NOT MAKE KNOWN UNTO ME THE DREAM, WITH
THE INTERPRETATION THEREOF, YE SHALL BE CUT IN PIECES, AND YOUR HOUSES SHALL
BE MADE A DUNGHILL. BUT IF YE SHOW THE DREAM, AND THE INTERPRETATION THEREOF,
YE SHALL RECEIVE OF ME GIFTS AND REWARDS AND GREAT HONOR: THEREFORE SHOW ME
THE DREAM, AND THE INTERPRETATION THEREOF. THEY ANSWERED AGAIN AND SAID, LET
THE KING TELL HIS SERVANTS THE DREAM, AND WE WILL SHOW THE INTERPRETATION OF
IT. THE KING ANSWERED AND SAID, I KNOW OF CERTAINTY THAT YE WOULD GAIN THE TIME,
BECAUSE YE SEE THE THING IS GONE FROM ME. BUT IF YE WILL NOT MAKE KNOWN UNTO
ME THE DREAM, THERE IS BUT ONE DECREE FOR YOU: FOR YE HAVE PREPARED LYING AND
CORRUPT WORDS TO SPEAK BEFORE ME, TILL THE TIME BE CHANGED: THEREFORE TELL ME
THE DREAM, AND I SHALL KNOW THAT YE CAN SHOW ME THE INTERPRETATION THEREOF-Dan
2:4-9.THE CHALDEANS ANSWERED BEFORE
THE KING, AND SAID, THERE IS NOT A MAN UPON THE EARTH THAT CAN SHOW THE KING’S
MATTER: THEREFORE THERE IS NO KING, LORD, NOR RULER, THAT ASKED SUCH THINGS
AT ANY MAGICIAN, OR ASTROLOGER, OR CHALDEAN. AND IT IS A RARE THING THAT THE
KING REQUIRETH, AND THERE IS NONE OTHER THAT CAN SHOW IT BEFORE THE KING, EXCEPT
THE GODS, WHOSE DWELLING IS NOT WITH FLESH. FOR THIS CAUSE THE KING WAS ANGRY
AND VERY FURIOUS, AND COMMANDED TO DESTROY ALL THE WISE MEN OF BABYLON. AND
THE DECREE WENT FORTH THAT THE WISE MEN SHOULD BE SLAIN; AND THEY SOUGHT DANIEL
AND HIS FELLOWS TO BE SLAIN. THEN DANIEL ANSWERED WITH COUNSEL AND WISDOM TO
ARIOCH THE CAPTAIN OF THE KING’S GUARD, WHICH WAS GONE FORTH TO SLAY THE WISE
MEN OF BABYLON-Dan 2:10-14.HE ANSWERED AND SAID TO ARIOCH
THE KING’S CAPTAIN, WHY IS THE DECREE SO HASTY FROM THE KING? THEN ARIOCH MADE
THE THING KNOWN TO DANIEL. THEN DANIEL WENT IN, AND DESIRED OF THE KING THAT
HE WOULD GIVE HIM TIME, AND THAT HE WOULD SHOW THE KING THE INTERPRETATION.
THEN DANIEL WENT TO HIS HOUSE, AND MADE THE THING KNOWN TO HANANIAH, MISHAEL,
AND AZARIAH, HIS COMPANIONS: THAT THEY WOULD DESIRE MERCIES OF THE GOD OF HEAVEN
CONCERNING THIS SECRET; THAT DANIEL AND HIS FELLOWS SHOULD NOT PERISH WITH THE
REST OF THE WISE MEN OF BABYLON. THEN WAS THE SECRET REVEALED UNTO DANIEL IN
A NIGHT VISION. THEN DANIEL BLESSED THE GOD OF HEAVEN-Dan 2:15-19.DANIEL ANSWERED AND SAID,
BLESSED BE THE NAME OF GOD FOR EVER AND EVER: FOR WISDOM AND MIGHT ARE HIS:
AND HE CHANGETH THE TIMES AND THE SEASONS: HE REMOVETH KINGS, AND SETTETH UP
KINGS: HE GIVETH WISDOM UNTO THE WISE, AND KNOWLEDGE TO THEM THAT KNOW UNDERSTANDING-Dan
2:20,21.HE REVEALETH THE DEEP AND
SECRET THINGS: HE KNOWETH WHAT IS IN THE DARKNESS, AND THE LIGHT DWELLETH WITH
HIM. I THANK THEE, AND PRAISE THEE, O THOU GOD OF MY FATHERS, WHO HAST GIVEN
ME WISDOM AND MIGHT, AND HAST MADE KNOWN UNTO ME NOW WHAT WE DESIRED OF THEE:
FOR THOU HAST NOW MADE KNOWN UNTO US THE KING'S MATTER. THEREFORE DANIEL WENT
IN UNTO ARIOCH, WHOM THE KING HAD ORDAINED TO DESTROY THE WISE MEN OF BABYLON:
HE WENT AND SAID THUS UNTO HIM; DESTROY NOT THE WISE MEN OF BABYLON: BRING ME
IN BEFORE THE KING, AND I WILL SHOW UNTO THE KING THE INTERPRETATION. THEN ARIOCH
BROUGHT IN DANIEL BEFORE THE KING IN HASTE, AND SAID THUS UNTO HIM, I HAVE FOUND
A MAN OF THE CAPTIVES OF JUDAH, THAT WILL MAKE KNOWN UNTO THE KING THE INTERPRETATION.
THE KING ANSWERED AND SAID TO DANIEL, WHOSE NAME WAS BELTESHAZZAR, ART THOU
ABLE TO MAKE KNOWN UNTO ME THE DREAM WHICH I HAVE SEEN, AND THE INTERPRETATION
THEREOF? DANIEL ANSWERED IN THE PRESENCE OF THE KING, AND SAID, THE SECRET WHICH
THE KING HATH DEMANDED CANNOT THE WISE MEN, THE ASTROLOGERS, THE MAGICIANS,
THE SOOTHSAYERS, SHOW UNTO THE KING; BUT THERE IS A GOD IN HEAVEN THAT REVEALETH
SECRETS, AND MAKETH KNOWN TO THE KING NEBUCHADNEZZAR WHAT SHALL BE IN
THE LATTER DAYS. THY DREAM, AND THE VISIONS OF THY HEAD UPON THY BED,
ARE THESE; AS FOR THEE, O KING, THY THOUGHTS CAME INTO THY MIND UPON THY BED,
WHAT SHOULD COME TO PASS HEREAFTER: AND HE THAT REVEALETH SECRETS
MAKETH KNOWN TO THEE WHAT SHALL COME TO PASS. BUT AS FOR ME, THIS SECRET IS
NOT REVEALED TO ME FOR ANY WISDOM THAT I HAVE MORE THAN ANY LIVING, BUT FOR
THEIR SAKES THAT SHALL MAKE KNOWN THE INTERPRETATION TO THE KING, AND THAT THOU
MIGHTEST KNOW THE THOUGHTS OF THY HEART-Dan 2:22-30.THOU, O KING, SAWEST, AND
BEHOLD A GREAT IMAGE. THIS GREAT IMAGE, WHOSE BRIGHTNESS WAS EXCELLENT, STOOD
BEFORE THEE; AND THE FORM THEREOF WAS TERRIBLE. THIS IMAGE'S HEAD WAS OF FINE
GOLD, HIS BREAST AND HIS ARMS OF SILVER, HIS BELLY AND HIS THIGHS OF BRASS.
HIS LEGS OF IRON, HIS FEET PART OF IRON AND PART OF CLAY. THOU SAWEST TILL THAT
A STONE WAS CUT OUT WITHOUT HANDS, WHICH SMOTE THE IMAGE UPON HIS FEET THAT
WERE OF IRON AND CLAY, AND BRAKE THEM TO PIECES. THEN WAS THE IRON, THE CLAY,
THE BRASS, THE SILVER, AND THE GOLD, BROKEN TO PIECES TOGETHER, AND BECAME LIKE
THE CHAFF OF THE SUMMER THRESHINGFLOORS; AND THE WIND CARRIED THEM AWAY, THAT
NO PLACE WAS FOUND FOR THEM: AND THE STONE THAT SMOTE THE IMAGE BECAME A GREAT
MOUNTAIN, AND FILLED THE WHOLE EARTH. THIS IS THE DREAM; AND WE WILL TELL THE
INTERPRETATION THEREOF BEFORE THE KING. THOU, O KING, ART A KING OF KINGS: FOR
THE GOD OF HEAVEN HATH GIVEN THEE A KINGDOM, POWER, AND STRENGTH, AND GLORY.
AND WHERESOEVER THE CHILDREN OF MEN DWELL, THE BEASTS OF THE FIELD AND THE FOWLS
OF THE HEAVEN HATH HE GIVEN INTO THINE HAND, AND HATH MADE THEE RULER OVER THEM
ALL-Dan 2:31-38.

1.
THOU ART THIS HEAD OF GOLD. The Assyrians had taken the northern
ten tribes of Israel captive earlier, but the first full conquest of all of
Israel was approximately 597 B.C., when Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, conquered
Jerusalem and took its last king captive. Daniel told him, "THOU ART THIS
HEAD OF GOLD" (+/- 604 B.C. Nebuchadnezzar - Babylon).

2.
AND AFTER THEE SHALL ARISE ANOTHER KINGDOM INFERIOR TO THEE (his
breast and his arms of silver). This was the dual empire of the Medes and the
Persians - the two arms (+/- 536 B.C.). The Medes conquered Babylon, approximately
539 B.C. The combined Medo-Persian Empire controlled Jerusalem until defeated
by Alexander the Great of Greece (ref Dan 2:39).

3.
AND ANOTHER THIRD KINGDOM OF BRASS, WHICH SHALL BEAR RULE OVER
ALL THE EARTH (his belly and his thighs of brass). This was the Greek Empire
(+/- 334 B.C). The Greeks, under Alexander the Great, conquered the Medo-Persian
Empire in app. 334 B.C., putting Jerusalem and all of Israel under the Greek
Empire. After the death of Alexander the Great, in app. 323 B.C., the Greek
Empire was divided four ways, and Jerusalem came under the authority of the
Ptolemy dynasties of Egypt. This continued until app. 198 B.C., when the Seleucid
(Syrian and Greek) authority took control, culminating in the desecration of
the rebuilt Hebrew temple by Antiochus Epiphanes and the Maccabean revolt. The
belly and thighs of brass of the "Gentile empire" image was thus fulfilled:
the total Greek rule under Alexander the Great, identified as the "belly
of brass," and the Egyptian and Seleucid divisions (which both ruled Jerusalem)
identified similarly as the "thighs of brass" (ref Dan 2:39).

4a.
AND THE FOURTH KINGDOM SHALL BE STRONG AS IRON: FORASMUCH AS IRON
BREAKETH IN PIECES AND SUBDUETH ALL THINGS: AND AS IRON THAT BREAKETH ALL THESE,
SHALL IT BREAK IN PIECES AND BRUISE. (His legs of iron - the Roman Empire -
app. 200 B.C. and later.)The Roman Empire began expanding,
in app. 264 B.C.; defeated the Greeks, in app. 146 B.C.; and became a world
empire with the conquest of Egypt, in app. 30 B.C. (ref Dan 2:40).4b. About 300 A.D., the Roman
Empire (the two legs of iron) became divided into the Western and Eastern Roman
Empire. The Roman Empire lasted until its defeat by the Visigoths, in app. 410
A.D., and the overthrow of its last emperor, in app. 476 A.D. Rome, whose dominion
lasted for seven centuries, constituted the longest and strongest portion of
the empire image, "the legs of iron."4c. AND WHEREAS THOU SAWEST
THE FEET AND TOES, PART OF POTTERS' CLAY, AND PART OF IRON, THE KINGDOM SHALL
BE DIVIDED; BUT THERE SHALL BE IN IT OF THE STRENGTH OF THE IRON, FORASMUCH
AS THOU SAWEST THE IRON MIXED WITH MIRY CLAY. AND AS THE TOES OF THE FEET WERE
PART OF IRON, AND PART OF CLAY, SO THE KINGDOM SHALL BE PARTLY STRONG, AND PARTLY
BROKEN. AND WHEREAS THOU SAWEST IRON MIXED WITH MIRY CLAY, THEY SHALL MINGLE
THEMSELVES WITH THE SEED OF MEN: BUT THEY SHALL NOT CLEAVE ONE TO ANOTHER, EVEN
AS IRON IS NOT MIXED WITH CLAY-Dan 2:41-43.We note that this last empire
(the EEC) from the image in Nebuchadnezzar’s dream appears to be in place. The
ten toes (the nations, divisions, or kings) seem to be in place, although which
ten shall have power, during the Tribulation, is not yet clear. The only thing
needed is for the Antichrist to come forth and begin to take complete control.
The prophecy shows his kingdom shall be divided; it shall be partly strong and
partly broken.We also see the words, THEY
SHALL MINGLE THEMSELVES WITH THE SEED OF MEN. Note in Rev 16:13,14-AND I SAW
THREE UNCLEAN SPIRITS LIKE FROGS COME OUT OF THE MOUTH OF THE DRAGON (Satan),
AND OUT OF THE MOUTH OF THE BEAST (the Antichrist), AND OUT OF THE MOUTH OF
THE FALSE PROPHET. FOR THEY ARE THE SPIRITS OF DEVILS, WORKING MIRACLES.Verse 43 ends with, BUT THEY
SHALL NOT CLEAVE ONE TO ANOTHER, EVEN AS IRON IS NOT MIXED WITH CLAY. (The people
will be a mixture and will not remain united, any more than iron mixes with
clay-NIV.)

29-THE
EVERLASTING KINGDOM

AND
IN THE DAYS OF THESE KINGS SHALL THE GOD OF HEAVEN SET UP A KINGDOM, WHICH SHALL
NEVER BE DESTROYED: AND THE KINGDOM SHALL NOT BE LEFT TO OTHER PEOPLE, BUT IT
SHALL BREAK IN PIECES AND CONSUME ALL THESE KINGDOMS, AND IT SHALL STAND FOR
EVER. The kingdom that Jesus Christ will set up shall stand forever. FORASMUCH
AS THOU SAWEST THAT THE STONE WAS CUT OUT OF THE MOUNTAIN WITHOUT HANDS-Dan
2:44,45. BUT HE (Antichrist) SHALL BE BROKEN WITHOUT HAND (yet he will be destroyed,
but not by human power-NIV)-Dan 8:25. AND THAT IT BREAK IN PIECES THE IRON,
THE BRASS, THE CLAY, THE SILVER, AND THE GOLD; AND THE STONE THAT SMOTE THE
IMAGE BECAME A GREAT MOUNTAIN, AND FILLED THE WHOLE EARTH. The stone is Jesus,
Who will rule the whole earth. THE GREAT GOD HATH MADE KNOWN TO THE KING WHAT
SHALL COME TO PASS HEREAFTER: AND THE DREAM IS CERTAIN, AND THE INTERPRETATION
THEREOF SURE. THE KING ANSWERED UNTO DANIEL, AND SAID, OF A TRUTH IT IS, THAT
YOUR GOD IS A GOD OF GODS, AND A LORD OF KINGS, AND A REVEALER OF SECRETS, SEEING
THOU COULDEST REVEAL THIS SECRET-Dan 2:45,35,45,47.

The
importance of the prophecies of the seventy weeks of Daniel cannot be overemphasized.
They lay out much of the history of Israel, extending from the time of Daniel
to the coming of Jesus. These prophecies also cover the following: the death
of Jesus, the destruction of Jerusalem afterward, some information on the Antichrist,
the beginning of the Tribulation, the Tribulation itself, the sacrifices and
oblations, the return of Jesus, the end of the Antichrist, and much more. It
has been estimated by some that Daniel received these prophecies approximately
539 B.C.

31-(Scripture)

WHILES I (Daniel) WAS SPEAKING IN PRAYER, EVEN THE MAN GABRIEL, WHOM I HAD SEEN
IN THE VISION AT THE BEGINNING, BEING CAUSED TO FLY SWIFTLY, TOUCHED ME ABOUT
THE TIME OF THE EVENING OBLATION. AND HE INFORMED ME, AND TALKED WITH ME, AND
SAID, O DANIEL, I AM NOW COME FORTH TO GIVE THEE SKILL AND UNDERSTANDING. AT
THE BEGINNING OF THY SUPPLICATIONS THE COMMANDMENT CAME FORTH, AND I AM COME
TO SHOW THEE; FOR THOU ART GREATLY BELOVED: THEREFORE UNDERSTAND THE MATTER,
AND CONSIDER THE VISION-Dan 9:21-23.SEVENTY WEEKS ARE DETERMINED
UPON THY PEOPLE AND UPON THY HOLY CITY, TO FINISH THE TRANSGRESSION, AND TO
MAKE AN END OF SINS, AND TO MAKE RECONCILIATION FOR INIQUITY, AND TO BRING IN
EVERLASTING RIGHTEOUSNESS, AND TO SEAL UP THE VISION AND PROPHECY, AND TO ANOINT
THE MOST HOLY.KNOW THEREFORE AND UNDERSTAND,
THAT FROM THE GOING FORTH OF THE COMMANDMENT TO RESTORE AND TO BUILD JERUSALEM
UNTO THE MESSIAH THE PRINCE SHALL BE SEVEN WEEKS, AND THREESCORE AND TWO WEEKS:
THE STREET SHALL BE BUILT AGAIN, AND THE WALL, EVEN IN TROUBLOUS TIMES.AND AFTER THREESCORE AND TWO
WEEKS SHALL MESSIAH BE CUT OFF, BUT NOT FOR HIMSELF: AND THE PEOPLE OF THE PRINCE
THAT SHALL COME SHALL DESTROY THE CITY AND THE SANCTUARY: AND THE END THEREOF
SHALL BE WITH A FLOOD, AND UNTO THE END OF THE WAR DESOLATIONS ARE DETERMINED.AND
HE SHALL CONFIRM THE COVENANT WITH MANY FOR ONE WEEK: AND IN THE MIDST OF THE
WEEK HE SHALL CAUSE THE SACRIFICE AND THE OBLATION TO CEASE, AND FOR THE OVERSPREADING
OF ABOMINATIONS HE SHALL MAKE IT DESOLATE, EVEN UNTIL THE CONSUMMATION, AND
THAT DETERMINED SHALL BE POURED UPON THE DESOLATE-Dan 9:24-27.

SEVENTY WEEKS (70 weeks
of years=490 years) (each day for a year-ref Num 14:34) ARE DETERMINED UPON
THY PEOPLE (Israel) AND UPON THY HOLY CITY (Jerusalem). Note the beginning words
of the following three phrases: "to finish" and "to make."
These refer to the first coming of Jesus: "TO FINISH" THE TRANSGRESSION
(to finish disobedience), AND "TO MAKE" AN END OF SINS (or put an
end to sin), AND "TO MAKE" RECONCILIATION FOR INIQUITY (or to atone
for wickedness). (Jesus reconciled us to God. Jesus was our reconciliation for
sin to God the Father through the atonement of His blood shed on the cross.)Jesus was cut off from the
land of the living but rose from the dead and now sits on the right hand of
God the Father.Note the beginning words of
the next three phrases: "to bring in," "to seal up," and
"to anoint." These refer to the second coming of Jesus: AND
"TO BRING IN" EVERLASTING RIGHTEOUSNESS (to bring in Jesus Christ,
the Messiah), AND "TO SEAL UP" THE VISION AND PROPHECY, AND "TO
ANOINT" THE MOST HOLY (to anoint Jesus Christ)-Dan 9:24. Jesus will return
to the earth. It is written, IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE TRIBULATION OF THOSE DAYS…
SHALL APPEAR THE SIGN OF THE SON OF MAN IN HEAVEN…AND THEY SHALL SEE THE SON
OF MAN COMING IN THE CLOUDS OF HEAVEN WITH POWER AND GREAT GLORY-Mt 24:29,30.KNOW THEREFORE AND UNDERSTAND
(a command to know and understand), THAT FROM THE GOING FORTH OF THE COMMANDMENT
(or the issuing of the decree-NIV), the next part tells us which commandment,
TO RESTORE AND TO BUILD JERUSALEM (ref Neh chapter 2) UNTO THE MESSIAH THE PRINCE
(or until the Anointed One, the ruler, comes-NIV) (which is Jesus) SHALL BE
SEVEN WEEKS (or seven ‘sevens’) (49 years), AND THREESCORE AND TWO WEEKS (or
sixty-two ‘sevens’) (or 62 x 7 years, or 434 years): THE STREET SHALL BE BUILT
AGAIN, AND THE WALL (ref Neh 2:17,18; 6:15-19), EVEN IN TROUBLOUS TIMES (or
in times of trouble)-Dan 9:25. This gives a total of 483 years, leaving one
week (or one period of 7 years) left.AND AFTER THREESCORE AND TWO
WEEKS (or sixty-two ‘sevens’) (434 years) (note the 434 years, plus the 49 years,
equals a total of 483 years), SHALL MESSIAH (Jesus Christ) BE CUT OFF (or killed)
(cut off from the land of the living-ref Isa 53:8) (Jesus Christ was crucified),
BUT NOT FOR HIMSELF. (He did not die for Himself. He died for those who should
believe on Him as their Lord and Savior.) We note that it said AFTER 434 years
this would happen. The verse continues, AND THE PEOPLE (which was the Roman
Empire) OF THE PRINCE (or ruler) THAT SHALL COME (the prince that shall come,
the Antichrist), the verse continues, SHALL DESTROY THE CITY (Jerusalem) AND
THE SANCTUARY (the temple); AND THE END THEREOF SHALL BE WITH (or like) A FLOOD,
AND UNTO THE END OF THE WAR DESOLATIONS ARE DETERMINED (war will continue until
the end, and desolations have been decreed-NIV)-Dan 9:25,26.Jesus also prophesied about
the temple's destruction, in Mt 24:2-AND JESUS SAID UNTO THEM, SEE YE NOT ALL
THESE THINGS (the temple)? VERILY I SAY UNTO YOU, THERE SHALL NOT BE LEFT HERE
ONE STONE UPON ANOTHER, THAT SHALL NOT BE THROWN DOWN.The commandment went forth
to restore and rebuild Jerusalem, just as predicted. The city, street, and wall
were rebuilt in troublous times. Jesus Christ, the Messiah, did come. He was
crucified, cut off out of the land of the living, but rose from the dead. Within
a generation, the temple was destroyed and the city. All happened exactly as
prophesied. As the summer of 68 A.D. came
(dates are as best as can be determined), Jerusalem was near defeat. Vespasian
was made emperor in 69 A.D. He allowed his son, Titus, to make the final attack,
which came in 70 A.D. The temple (often referred to as Herod's temple) was destroyed.
Not one stone was left upon another, as Jesus had said. By the year 73 A.D.,
all traces of a self-ruling Jewish nation had completely disappeared.Sixty-nine of the seventy
weeks (or 483 years) have been fulfilled. One week (or 7 years) remains, which
is the Tribulation.There is a gap (or time lapse)
between the events of verse 26 and the events of verse 27. The seventieth week
is yet to come. It is the period called the Tribulation.

33-THE
SEVENTIETH WEEK

AND HE (the Antichrist, which shall come from the people that destroyed Jerusalem
and the temple, in approximately 70 A.D.—the Roman Empire), the verse continues,
SHALL CONFIRM THE COVENANT (or treaty, agreement, or peace accord) WITH MANY
(Israel and others) FOR ONE WEEK (or one ‘seven,’ or for seven years). (Note
the confirming or signing of this covenant is the beginning of what is called
the Tribulation.) The verse continues, AND IN THE MIDST OF THE WEEK (or middle
of the ‘seven’) (three and one-half years from the end of the Tribulation),
(note, this is showing that there are two parts to the Tribulation, separated
by this event), HE (the Antichrist) SHALL CAUSE THE SACRIFICE AND THE OBLATION
TO CEASE (or will put an end to sacrifice and offering-NIV). This shows that
the sacrifice and oblation will restart in Jerusalem during the first part of
the Tribulation, but shall be stopped by the Antichrist during the midst of
the Tribulation. By this and other Scriptures, we note that a temple will have
to be rebuilt in Jerusalem for the sacrifice and oblation during the first part
of the Tribulation. The Scripture continues, AND FOR THE OVERSPREADING OF ABOMINATIONS
HE (the Antichrist) SHALL MAKE IT (the temple) DESOLATE (or one who causes desolation
will place abominations on a wing of the temple-NIV). The temple will be overspread
with abominations by the Antichrist, and as a result, the Antichrist shall make
the temple desolate (or cause desolation).What are the abominations?
The Antichrist will sit in the temple—SITTETH IN THE TEMPLE OF GOD, SHEWING
HIMSELF THAT HE IS GOD-2 Thes 2:4. We also might consider the following, THAT
THEY SHOULD MAKE AN IMAGE TO THE BEAST-Rev 13:14; the ONE WHO CAUSES DESOLATION
(the Antichrist) WILL PLACE ABOMINATIONS ON A WING OF THE TEMPLE-NIV.The verse continues, EVEN
UNTIL THE CONSUMMATION (or until the Antichrist is consumed), AND THAT DETERMINED
SHALL BE POURED UPON THE DESOLATE (or until the end that is decreed is poured
out on him-NIV, the Antichrist)-Dan 9:27. The temple that was made desolate
is included in "that determined." The end or last things that are
determined against the Antichrist shall come to pass or be poured out upon him.What is the end that shall
be poured upon the Antichrist? The Antichrist (also called the beast) was taken
and cast alive into the lake of fire-ref Rev 19:20.The Tribulation period is
generally understood to be 7 years or 2520 days long. This is divided into two
parts; each part is normally understood to be 42 months or 1260 days.

Note
the words: "to finish" and "to make" in the following three
phrases, which are referring to Jesus' first coming and what was accomplished
at the cross.

"To finish"
the transgression (or finish disobedience)

"To make"
an end of sins (or put an end to sin)

"To make"
reconciliation for iniquity (or atone for wickedness)

Note
the words: "to bring in," "to seal up," and "to anoint,"
in the next three phrases, referring to Jesus' return or second coming.

"To bring"
in everlasting righteousness (the Messiah)

"To seal up"
the vision and prophecy

"To anoint"
the Most Holy (Jesus, King of kings)

Note,
a command is given to know and understand.

Note,
a commandment or decree went forth.

37-(Reasons
for the decree and prophecies)

To restore Jerusalem

To rebuild Jerusalem

The street shall
be built again

The wall shall be
built again

There shall be troublous
times

38-(Purpose
to do these things)

Unto Messiah the
Prince (Jesus)

39-(Prophecies
regarding the Messiah)

Messiah shall be
cut off (or die)

40-(Why
would Messiah die?)

Not for Himself
Also see previous heading, "Prophecies are regarding what purpose?"
(first coming).

41-(Prophecies
to occur after the Messiah is cut off)

People shall come

The people shall
destroy Jerusalem

The sanctuary or
temple shall be destroyed

It will be like a
flood

There will be a war

Desolations are decreed
to the end of the war
There is a gap (or time lapse) between verse 26 and 27.

42-(Prophecies
of the 70th week, the last 7 years)

He (the Antichrist)
shall be from the people that destroyed Jerusalem and the temple

The Antichrist shall
confirm a covenant or treaty (this event begins the Tribulation)

This shall be with
Israel and others (many)

It shall be for one
week (or 7 years)

In the midst of the
week (this shows that the seven years are divided into two parts)

The Antichrist shall
cause the sacrifice to cease

The Antichrist shall
cause the oblation to cease

Therefore, a temple
is to be built prior to the midst of the seven years

There shall be an
overspreading of abominations

This shall occur
in the temple

By this, the Antichrist
shall make it desolate

The Antichrist shall
be consumed

The things determined
shall be poured upon the desolate (the Antichrist)

43-FROM
THE FIRST COMING OF JESUS TO THE DESTRUCTION OF JERUSALEM AND THE TEMPLE
(SUMMARY)

Israel was expecting the Messiah-ref Lk 2:25,36,38. Then Jesus was born of a
virgin-ref Lk 1:26,27,35; 2:4-7. The birth, life, crucifixion, and rising from
the dead of Jesus, fulfilled hundreds of Scriptures. The Scriptures give us
approximately 172 reasons that Jesus came the first time. Jesus grew-ref Lk
2:40. His ministry began when He was about the age of thirty-ref Lk 3:21-23.
He fasted forty days-ref Lk 4:1,2. The devil tempted Him-ref Lk 4:3-13. There
were many witnesses and proofs that Jesus is the only begotten Son of God. Jesus
had said many times, I AM. Many Scriptures covered the ministry of Jesus which
were fulfilled. Jesus healed many-ref Lk 4:31,32,40. He cast out devils. THE
MULTITUDES MARVELED-Mt 9:33; Lk 4:41. Jesus raised the dead-ref Lk 7:11,12,14-16.Jesus preached on multitudes
of subjects. Some included, repentance-ref Mt 4:17; denying oneself-ref Lk 9:23;
fearing God-ref Lk 12:4,5; covetousness-ref Lk 12:15,22,23,30-34; your lights
burning, waiting for the Lord's return, watching, and doing-ref Lk 12:35-37,43.
Jesus mentioned water baptism-ref Mk 16:16, and He taught that MANY...WILL SEEK
TO ENTER IN, AND SHALL NOT BE ABLE-Lk 13:23,24.Then Jesus entered Jerusalem-ref
Mk 11:7,11. He was betrayed by Judas, one of His apostles-ref Lk 22:47,48. He
was led away captive-ref Jn 18:12,13. Jesus was tried, and declared guilty of
blasphemy by the high priest-ref Mk 14:61-64.As it is written, FOR OF A
TRUTH AGAINST THY HOLY CHILD JESUS, WHOM THOU HAST ANOINTED, BOTH HEROD, AND
PONTIUS PILATE, WITH THE GENTILES, AND THE PEOPLE OF ISRAEL, WERE GATHERED TOGETHER-Acts
4:27. AND...THE CHIEF PRIESTS AND THE RULERS AND THE PEOPLE...CRIED...CRUCIFY
HIM, CRUCIFY HIM-Lk 23:13,21. THEN...THE PEOPLE…SAID, HIS BLOOD BE ON US, AND
ON OUR CHILDREN-Mt 27:25. AND PILATE GAVE SENTENCE THAT IT SHOULD BE AS THEY
REQUIRED-Lk 23:24. And HE HAD JESUS FLOGGED, AND HANDED HIM OVER TO BE CRUCIFIED-Mk
15:15 NIV. AND THEY CRUCIFIED HIM-Mt 27:35.The blood of Jesus, our Passover
Lamb, had to be shed. MANY WHO WERE APPALLED (or astonied) AT HIM - HIS APPEARANCE
WAS SO DISFIGURED BEYOND THAT OF ANY MAN AND HIS FORM MARRED BEYOND HUMAN LIKENESS-Isa
52:14 NIV.Even while He was on the cross,
He was tempted in many ways-ref Mt 27:39-44; Lk 23:36,37. AND WHEN JESUS HAD
CRIED WITH A LOUD VOICE, HE SAID, FATHER, INTO THY HANDS I COMMEND MY SPIRIT:
AND HAVING SAID THUS, HE GAVE UP THE GHOST-Lk 23:46.Jesus was buried. NOW IN THE
PLACE WHERE HE WAS CRUCIFIED THERE WAS A GARDEN; AND IN THE GARDEN A NEW SEPULCHRE,
WHEREIN WAS NEVER MAN YET LAID. THERE LAID THEY JESUS-Jn 19:41,42.The tomb Jesus was laid in
was secured, so no one could steal His body away. PILATE SAID...(Take a guard):
GO YOUR WAY, MAKE IT AS SURE (or secure) AS YE CAN. SO THEY WENT, AND MADE THE
SEPULCHRE SURE (or secure), SEALING THE STONE, AND SETTING A WATCH (or posting
the guard)-ref Mt 27:62-66.Yet despite the precautions,
Jesus rose from the dead-ref Mt 28:2-7; as was also prophesied-ref Acts 13:34,35;
Ps 16:10. Following His resurrection, Jesus appeared to many-ref 1 Cor 15:6;
Mk 16:15-18. Also HE (Jesus) SHOWED HIMSELF ALIVE AFTER HIS PASSION (or suffering)
BY MANY INFALLIBLE PROOFS, BEING SEEN OF THEM FORTY DAYS-Acts 1:3.Jesus gave commissions and
instructions after His resurrection. Then Jesus ascended up to heaven. AND HE
(Jesus) LED THEM OUT AS FAR AS TO BETHANY, AND HE LIFTED UP HIS HANDS, AND BLESSED
THEM-Lk 24:50. AND WHEN HE HAD SPOKEN THESE THINGS, WHILE THEY BEHELD, HE WAS
TAKEN UP; AND A CLOUD RECEIVED HIM OUT OF THEIR SIGHT-Acts 1:9. Nevertheless,
He is going to return. As it is written, THIS SAME JESUS, WHICH IS TAKEN UP
FROM YOU INTO HEAVEN, SHALL SO COME IN LIKE MANNER AS YE HAVE SEEN HIM GO
INTO HEAVEN-Acts 1:11.Jesus is now in heaven, and
sits on the right hand of God the Father-ref 1 Pe 3:22; Mk 16:19; Heb 10:12.
He MAKETH INTERCESSION FOR the saints-Ro 8:34; ref Heb 7:25. The Bible gives
us many names for Jesus in the Revelation.Then Judas, the apostle that
betrayed Jesus, was replaced by Matthias as the twelfth apostle-ref Acts 1:21,22,24-26.Within a generation of the
crucifixion of Jesus, Jerusalem and the temple were destroyed-ref Lk 21:20-24;
Dan 9:26; Mt 23:34-38. Through out the Old Testament and New Testament, the
second coming of Jesus was prophesied. The various things Jesus went through
had very significant meanings. The resurrection of Jesus was proven in many
ways.

During the ministry of Jesus, He prophesied there was a time coming when the
temple would be destroyed and desolation would occur.Jesus said, BEHOLD, YOUR HOUSE
IS LEFT UNTO YOU DESOLATE-Mt 23:38.JESUS SAID…SEE YE NOT ALL
THESE THINGS? Jesus was referring to the buildings of the temple. VERILY I SAY
UNTO YOU, THERE SHALL NOT BE LEFT HERE ONE STONE UPON ANOTHER, THAT SHALL NOT
BE THROWN DOWN-Mt 24:2; ref Mk 13:2; Lk 21:6.AND WHEN YE SHALL SEE JERUSALEM
COMPASSED WITH ARMIES, THEN KNOW THAT THE DESOLATION THEREOF IS NIGH. THEN LET
THEM WHICH ARE IN JUDAEA FLEE TO THE MOUNTAINS; AND LET THEM WHICH ARE IN THE
MIDST OF IT DEPART OUT; AND LET NOT THEM THAT ARE IN THE COUNTRIES ENTER THEREINTO.
FOR THESE BE THE DAYS OF VENGEANCE, THAT ALL THINGS WHICH ARE WRITTEN MAY BE
FULFILLED. BUT WOE UNTO THEM THAT ARE WITH CHILD, AND TO THEM THAT GIVE SUCK,
IN THOSE DAYS! FOR THERE SHALL BE GREAT DISTRESS IN THE LAND, AND WRATH UPON
THIS PEOPLE. AND THEY SHALL FALL BY THE EDGE OF THE SWORD, AND SHALL BE LED
AWAY CAPTIVE INTO ALL NATIONS-Lk 21:20-24.Note, some relate Lk 21:20-24
with some similar verses found in Matthew 24 and Mark 13, which is the Tribulation
period. They consider that these verses in Luke are also during the Tribulation
period. It is agreed that much of Luke 21 is the Tribulation, yet these particular
verses are an answer to the disciples’ question regarding the buildings of the
temple being thrown down. As it is written, THE DISCIPLES CAME...SAYING...TELL
US, WHEN SHALL THESE THINGS BE?-Mt 24:3. As you may note later in this book,
Israel is not to be scattered to all nations during
the Tribulation. Israel was scattered to all nations upon the destruction of
Jerusalem and the temple, approximately 70 A.D. Jerusalem is no longer a walled
city to be surrounded and compassed with armies. Today, air power could simply
destroy the city.DAUGHTERS OF JERUSALEM, WEEP
NOT FOR ME, BUT WEEP FOR YOURSELVES, AND FOR YOUR CHILDREN. FOR, BEHOLD, THE
DAYS ARE COMING, IN THE WHICH THEY SHALL SAY, BLESSED ARE THE BARREN, AND THE
WOMBS THAT NEVER BEAR, AND THE PAPS WHICH NEVER GAVE SUCK. FOR IF THEY DO THESE
THINGS IN A GREEN TREE, WHAT SHALL BE DONE IN THE DRY?-Lk 23:28,29,31.

AND
THE PEOPLE (of the Roman Empire) OF THE PRINCE THAT SHALL COME (of the Antichrist
that shall come in the latter days) SHALL DESTROY THE CITY (Jerusalem) AND THE
SANCTUARY-Dan 9:26. THE END WILL COME LIKE A FLOOD: WAR WILL CONTINUE UNTIL
THE END, AND DESOLATIONS HAVE BEEN DECREED-Dan 9:26 NIV.

46-WHY
DID DESOLATION COME?

It is written, BEHOLD, I SEND UNTO YOU PROPHETS, AND WISE MEN, AND SCRIBES:
AND SOME OF THEM YE SHALL KILL AND CRUCIFY; AND SOME OF THEM SHALL YE SCOURGE
IN YOUR SYNAGOGUES, AND PERSECUTE THEM FROM CITY TO CITY: THAT UPON YOU MAY
COME ALL THE RIGHTEOUS BLOOD SHED UPON THE EARTH, FROM THE BLOOD OF RIGHTEOUS
ABEL UNTO THE BLOOD OF ZACHARIAH SON OF BARACHIAS, WHOM YE SLEW BETWEEN THE
TEMPLE AND THE ALTAR. VERILY I SAY UNTO YOU, ALL THESE THINGS SHALL COME UPON
THIS GENERATION.O JERUSALEM, JERUSALEM, THOU
THAT KILLEST THE PROPHETS, AND STONEST THEM WHICH ARE SENT UNTO THEE, HOW OFTEN
WOULD I HAVE GATHERED THY CHILDREN TOGETHER, EVEN AS A HEN GATHERETH HER CHICKENS
UNDER HER WINGS, AND YE WOULD NOT!-Mt 23:34-37.Pilate had considered letting
Jesus go, but the people said, HIS BLOOD BE UPON US, AND ON OUR CHILDREN-Mt
27:25; and also Jesus said…BECAUSE THOU KNEWEST NOT THE TIME OF THY VISITATION-Lk
19:43,44. These are some of the reasons that the temple and Jerusalem were destroyed.

47-IT
WAS PROPHESIED THAT WITHIN A GENERATION THESE THINGS WOULD COME UPON THEM:
PROPHECY FULFILLED

Jesus had told the people, as when an unclean spirit goes out and returns with
seven other spirits more wicked than he was, AND THEY ENTER IN AND DWELL THERE:
AND THE LAST STATE OF THAT MAN IS WORSE THAN THE FIRST. EVEN SO SHALL IT BE
ALSO UNTO THIS WICKED GENERATION-Mt 12:45.VERILY I SAY UNTO YOU, ALL
THESE THINGS SHALL COME UPON THIS GENERATION-Mt 23:36.The exact year Jesus was crucified
is unknown. It is generally acknowledged that it took place between 30 and 33
A.D. Within a generation (40 years), Jerusalem and the temple were destroyed.

48-ISRAEL,
JERUSALEM, AND THE TEMPLE WERE DESTROYED: PROPHECY FULFILLED

Within a generation of the resurrection of Jesus Christ, the temple and city
of Jerusalem were destroyed exactly as prophesied.As the summer of 68 A.D. came,
Jerusalem was surrounded by Roman legions and was near defeat. Vespasian was
made emperor in approximately 69 A.D. He allowed his son, Titus, to make the
final attack, which came in 70 A.D. The temple (often referred to as Herod’s
temple) was destroyed. Not one stone was left upon another as Jesus had said.
By the year 73 A.D., all traces of a self-ruling Jewish nation had completely
disappeared. They fell by the sword and were led away captive. Over a period
of time, they had gone into all nations. All of Daniel 9:26 and the prophecies
Jesus gave had been fulfilled: Jerusalem had been compassed with armies, the
people had fallen by the sword, the destruction of Jerusalem and the sanctuary
had taken place, and the people had been led away captive.How is it that prophecy after
prophecy has been fulfilled, as God’s Word said, yet there are many that still
do not believe the Bible?

49-GENERAL
INFORMATION

The destruction of Jerusalem and the temple had come about just as was prophesied.
The Scriptures foretold that the Jews would be scattered among all nations and
would dwell without a king. Yet, God’s Word also reveals that Israel would be
"reborn" into a nation one day in the future. This seemed impossible.
Once a nation is destroyed, and the people scattered, they generally lose their
identity and are forgotten. Yet the Scriptures showed this would not happen
to the Jews.In the Revelation, John also
told about seven churches. Some consider that these seven churches represent
seven church ages or time periods. Then there is silence concerning the churches
and a horrible period follows. This horrible period is called the Tribulation;
it is outlined in Daniel as being seven years long.

50-FROM
THE DESTRUCTION OF JERUSALEM AND THE TEMPLE IN 70 A.D. TO THE REBIRTH OF ISRAEL ON MAY 14th, 1948
(SUMMARY)

It was prophesied that Israel would be destroyed. It was.It was prophesied that Israel
would be scattered among the islands of the sea, even among the heathen. It
happened.It was prophesied that Israel
would be sifted or dispersed among all nations. It came to pass.It was prophesied that Israel
would abide many days without a king. This prophecy came to pass.It was prophesied that Israel
would abide many days without a sacrifice. It happened.It was prophesied that Israel
would serve other gods. It came to pass.

1. Israel to be destroyed. Prophecy fulfilled.It is written, BEHOLD,
THE EYES OF THE LORD GOD ARE UPON THE SINFUL KINGDOM (Israel), AND I WILL DESTROY
IT FROM OFF THE FACE OF THE EARTH-Amos 9:8. THE END IS COME UPON MY PEOPLE OF
ISRAEL-Amos 8:2.The prophecy of Israel being
a sinful kingdom came to pass. The destruction of the nation of Israel happened,
in 70 A.D., as prophesied.

2. Israel to be scattered among all people:
even to the islands of the sea and among the heathen. Prophecy fulfilled.It is written, AND THE
LORD SHALL SCATTER THEE AMONG ALL PEOPLE, FROM THE ONE END OF THE EARTH EVEN
UNTO THE OTHER-Deut 28:64. It is further written, THE REMNANT OF HIS PEOPLE...FROM
(many places are mentioned) AND FROM THE ISLANDS OF THE SEA-Isa 11:11. AND I
WILL SCATTER THEE AMONG THE HEATHEN, AND DISPERSE THEE IN THE COUNTRIES-Ezek
22:15. AND THE LORD SHALL SCATTER YOU AMONG ALL NATIONS-Deut 4:27.The fulfillment of this prophecy
began about 70 A.D. With the destruction of Jerusalem and the temple, the people
of Israel began to be scattered among the heathen all over the world and even
to other continents.

3.
Israel to be sifted (or shaken) among all nations. Prophecy fulfilled.It is written, FOR, LO,
I WILL COMMAND, AND I WILL SIFT (or shake) THE HOUSE OF ISRAEL AMONG ALL NATIONS-Amos
9:9. The Lord said, I WILL SHAKE THE HOUSE OF ISRAEL...AS GRAIN IS SHAKEN IN
A SIEVE-NIV.For over 1900 years, Israel
has been shaken or sifted as grain among the nations. This prophecy is fulfilled.

4.
Israel shall be few in number among the Gentiles. Prophecy fulfilled.It is written, YE SHALL
BE LEFT FEW IN NUMBER AMONG THE HEATHEN, WHITHER THE LORD SHALL LEAD YOU-Deut
4:27.This prophecy is fulfilled.

5.
Israel shall abide many days without a king. Prophecy fulfilled.It is written, FOR THE
CHILDREN OF ISRAEL SHALL ABIDE MANY DAYS (or a long time) WITHOUT A KING, AND
WITHOUT A PRINCE-Hos 3:4.The last king that Israel
had was over 2500 years ago. Both parts of this prophecy have been fulfilled.
It has been a very long time (many days), and they have had no king.

6.
Israel shall abide many days without a sacrifice. Prophecy fulfilled.

It is written,
THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL SHALL ABIDE MANY DAYS (a long time) WITHOUT A...SACRIFICE-Hos
3:4.The children of Israel have
gone without a sacrifice since approximately 70 A.D. This prophecy is fulfilled.

7.
Israel will serve other gods. Prophecy fulfilled.It is written, AND THERE
THOU SHALT SERVE (or worship) OTHER GODS, WHICH NEITHER THOU NOR THY (or your)
FATHERS HAVE KNOWN, EVEN (gods of) WOOD AND STONE-Deut 28:64.Since the children of Israel
have been scattered all over the world, they have served other gods in the various
countries. This prophecy is fulfilled. Some believe this verse had an earlier
fulfillment.

8.
No person would understand the latter day prophecies of Daniel, because it was
a sealed book until the time of the end. Prophecy fulfilled.It is written, BUT THOU,
O DANIEL, SHUT (or close) UP THE WORDS, AND SEAL THE (words of the) BOOK (or
scroll), EVEN TO THE TIME OF THE END: AND I HEARD, BUT I UNDERSTOOD NOT: THEN
SAID I, O MY LORD, WHAT SHALL BE THE END (or outcome) OF THESE THINGS? AND HE
SAID, GO THY WAY, DANIEL: FOR THE WORDS ARE CLOSED UP AND SEALED TILL THE TIME
OF THE END-Dan 12:4,8,9.From the time that Daniel
wrote the many latter day prophecies until approximately the early part of the
twentieth century, the latter day prophecies of Daniel have remained "closed
up and sealed." Now, however, the wise (God’s children) can understand
them. This prophecy is sure.

52-OCCUPY
TILL I COME

Lk 19:12,13-HE SAID THEREFORE, A CERTAIN NOBLEMAN WENT INTO A FAR COUNTRY TO
RECEIVE FOR HIMSELF A KINGDOM, AND TO RETURN.AND HE CALLED HIS TEN SERVANTS,
AND DELIVERED THEM TEN POUNDS, AND SAID UNTO THEM, OCCUPY TILL I COME.Mt 25:14,15-FOR THE KINGDOM
OF HEAVEN IS AS A MAN TRAVELLING INTO A FAR COUNTRY, WHO CALLED HIS OWN SERVANTS,
AND DELIVERED UNTO THEM HIS GOODS.AND UNTO ONE HE GAVE FIVE
TALENTS, TO ANOTHER TWO, AND TO ANOTHER ONE; TO EVERY MAN ACCORDING TO HIS SEVERAL
ABILITY; AND STRAIGHTWAY TOOK HIS JOURNEY.

The period called the latter day, or latter days, or latter years,
or latter time, or the latter times, began with the rebirth of Israel. These
terms cover the span from Israel’s rebirth through the Millennium.There are vast amounts of
prophecies in the Bible concerning this time. We are presently in the period
covering from the rebirth of Israel to the Rapture. The many fulfilled prophecies
certify that the Rapture is close at hand, which is followed by the revealing
of the Antichrist and the Tribulation. It may also be said, the fulfilled prophecies
certify the Tribulation is close at hand, which is preceded by the Rapture.But even more than this, the
many fulfilled prophecies also prove conclusively and certify beyond any doubt
that the Bible is true and can only be God’s Word.It has been said, the chance
that anyone could make eleven perfect predictions 1900 years into the future
was only one chance in 8 x 10 to the 63rd power, or 80 with 63 zeros after it.
If such a set of predictions existed, it would unquestionably have to be the
Word of God. The Bible does this and much more.Statistics: proof the
Bible is true. The Bible contains
66 books, originally written in three languages, over a period of approximately
1800 years, by approximately 39 men—yet they harmonize perfectly. We are told
that it is the Word of God approximately 2500 times.It is estimated that there
are 10,385 prophecies in the Bible and every single one, up to this time, has
come true just as written—without one single exception. Thousands of prophecies
have already been fulfilled perfectly. Many people have spent thousands of hours
trying to disprove the Bible. There is not one single prophecy, fact, or verse
in the Bible that has ever been found and proven to be wrong, up to this time,
even by the most skeptical people. The Bible is God’s Word. It is written, THE
FOOL HATH SAID IN HIS HEART, THERE IS NO GOD-Ps 14:1. Jesus made this comment,
O FOOLS, AND SLOW OF HEART TO BELIEVE ALL THAT THE PROPHETS HAVE SPOKEN-Lk 24:25.

Consider,
could you write eleven straight predictions that would take place 2000 years
in the future, the year 4000 A.D.? Include the rebirth of a specific nation
and exactly how it would be reborn. Include specific nations that would exist
and certain nations that would be allied together. Include what the people would
be like in the year 4000. Include what the church would be like in those days.
Include the names of actual cities that would exist and name certain crops and
fruit trees that would exist. Do eleven straight prophecies, and be exactly
correct on every single one. The Bible not only does this eleven times, but
hundreds of times with absolute, perfect accuracy. It would appear, even the
most skeptical person would have to agree that, if this is so, there is, indeed,
a God and the Bible has to be the Word of God. This, however, does not save
a person. A person needs to repent of their sins and receive Jesus Christ as
their only hope of being saved. This is done by faith.

54-SOME
PROPHECIES FROM JUST PRIOR TO THE REBIRTH OF ISRAEL IN 1948 AND LEADING UP TO THE RAPTURE

The
following prophecies show that the Rapture is very close and conclusively prove
that the Bible has to be the Word of God.

The
Bible shows there are two different methods whereby we will know we are in the
time of the end. One is by Israel’s rebirth. The other is by a precise line
of events that would all come together at one time, following the rebirth of
Israel. When this last piece of the puzzle fits into place—it is done. The time
is here.

1. The mountains of Israel were a (continual) waste (or desolate). Prophecy
fulfilled-1948 and before.It is written, THE MOUNTAINS
OF ISRAEL, WHICH HAVE BEEN ALWAYS (a continual) WASTE (or desolate)-Ezek 38:8.Prior to Israel’s rebirth,
the mountains of Israel were a barren waste and desolate. This happened exactly
as predicted.

2.
Israel, prior to its rebirth, would have desolate (or waste) places (or ruins).
Prophecy fulfilled-1948 and before.It is written, THE DESOLATE
PLACES (or ruins)-Ezek 38:12.Prior to Israel’s rebirth,
much of the land of Israel was unsettled or was a waste. The land had not been
taken care of. This came to pass exactly as it was predicted.

3.
The Lord needed to bring the people of Israel to the moment of birth. Prophecy
fulfilled-1948 and before.It is written,SHALL
I BRING TO THE (moment of) BIRTH, AND NOT CAUSE TO BRING FORTH (or give delivery)?
SAITH THE LORD-Isa 66:9.The horror of the Holocaust,
in which approximately six million Jews perished, showed the need for the Jews
to have their own homeland. As a result of many events that happened to the
Jews, they were finally brought to the moment of Israel’s rebirth as a nation.
This happened just as predicted.

4.
Once Zion was in labor (or was suffering from birth pangs) her children or
people were brought forth. Prophecy fulfilled-1948 and before.It is written, FOR AS
SOON AS ZION TRAVAILED (or in labor), SHE (also) BROUGHT FORTH (or gives birth
to) HER CHILDREN (or sons)-Isa 66:8. Zion is often pictured as the people of
Jerusalem, a community. Here, she may be pictured as a mother having birth pangs,
bringing forth her children. Indeed, she was in labor, and her children were
brought forth to Israel. This has been fulfilled as predicted. It may also have
a second meaning pertaining to the Millennium.

56-THE
REBIRTH OF ISRAEL

In many of the prophecies that follow, the term "in this last generation"
may be used. This term is denoting from the rebirth of Israel in 1948, to the
time that the Rapture of the church comes to pass.The destruction of Israel
and Judah was foretold by God, and it came to pass. For example, the Lord had
warned Israel, MY GOD WILL CAST THEM AWAY, BECAUSE THEY DID NOT HEARKEN UNTO
HIM: AND THEY SHALL BE WANDERERS AMONG THE NATIONS-Hos 9:17. Indeed, this has
been fulfilled as well as many other such verses. The prophecies that Jesus
gave before He died concerning the destruction of Jerusalem and the temple,
all came to pass after His death exactly as He said. But God’s Word foretold
that Israel would once again in the future become a nation.

5.
Israel must be reborn as a nation. Prophecy fulfilled-May 14, 1948.It is written, WHO HATH
HEARD SUCH A THING? WHO HATH SEEN SUCH THINGS? SHALL THE EARTH (or land) BE
MADE TO BRING FORTH (or can a country be born-NIV)?...OR SHALL A NATION BE BORN
(or brought forth)?-Isa 66:8. THE TIME THAT SHE WHICH TRAVAILETH HATH BROUGHT
FORTH-Mic 5:3.Israel was destroyed approximately
721 B.C. Judah was destroyed approximately 135 years later. For the last 2500
years, approximately fourteen different peoples have possessed the land of Israel.
Nevertheless, the Bible shows that the day would come when Israel would be reborn
into a nation. It happened as predicted on May 14, 1948.Israel greatly travailed
in pain after Jesus was born, as many of her children were slaughtered.Israel greatly travailed in
pain to be reborn into a nation, as approximately six million Jews perished.
But, afterward, came forth the rebirth of Israel.Israel will also greatly travail
in pain during the Tribulation, as two-thirds of Israel will be cut off and
die. One-third will survive. And then will come forth the glorious Israel as
the Messiah shall return—Israel will become the blessed nation. As it is written,
THEIR SINS AND INIQUITIES WILL I REMEMBER NO MORE-Heb 10:17.

6.
Israel shall be brought forth in one day. Prophecy fulfilled-May 14,
1948.It is written, TO BRING
FORTH (or born) IN ONE DAY?-Isa 66:8.On Nov. 29, 1947, the General
Assembly of the U.N. approved a resolution calling for the establishment of
a Jewish state in Palestine. On the morning of May 14, 1948 (the last day of
the British mandate), a meeting of the People’s Council took place in Israel
to decide on the name of the state and to finalize the declaration. At exactly
4 pm, the proclamation ceremony began at the Tel Aviv museum. The 979 Hebrew
words of the Scroll of Independence were read. All stood and the scroll
was adopted. The notorious White Paper, issued by the British in 1930
restricting Jewish immigration, was declared null and void. Members of the People’s
Council signed the proclamation. David Ben-Gurion rapped his gavel, declaring,
"The State of Israel is established. This meeting is ended."
Israel was brought forth as a nation in one day. It happened exactly as predicted.
At midnight, the British soldiers and high commissioner would leave. President
Truman was swift in announcing U.S. recognition of Israel. The following morning,
on May 15, Israel was under armed attack by the Egyptians, Syrians, Lebanese,
Jordanians, and Iraqis.

7.
Israel to be reborn at once. Prophecy fulfilled-May 14, l948.It is written, A NATION
(Israel) BE BORN (or brought forth) AT ONCE (or in a moment)?-Isa 66:8.Israel was born in a moment,
at once. It happened as predicted.

8.
Israel would be brought forth (or reborn) "out of the nations."
Prophecy fulfilled-May 14, 1948.It is written, BUT IT
(or they—Israel, or its people) IS BROUGHT FORTH OUT OF THE NATIONS-Ezek 38:8.On Nov. 29, 1947, the General
Assembly of the "United Nations" approved a resolution calling for
the establishment of a Jewish state in Palestine. This prophecy was perfectly
fulfilled. Consider, for centuries, the land of Israel had been occupied by
many nations. Israel was "brought forth out of the nations"—the children
of Israel from many nations had returned (as a nation) to their ancient homeland.

9.
Israel would become a nation again after many days. It would happen a long
time in the future after the prophecy was made. Prophecy fulfilled-May 14, 1948.It is written, AFTER MANY
DAYS...IN THE LATTER YEARS...ISRAEL-Ezek 38:8.It is estimated that this
prophecy was made around 580 B.C. Approximately 2500 years passed. In 1948,
this prophecy was fulfilled.

57-ISRAEL
WILL BE ONE NATION AND HAVE ONE RULER

10. Israel and Judah shall be one nation. Prophecy fulfilled-1948.It is written, AND I WILL
MAKE THEM ONE NATION IN THE LAND...AND THEY SHALL BE NO MORE TWO NATIONS, NEITHER
SHALL THEY BE DIVIDED INTO TWO KINGDOMS ANY MORE AT ALL-Ezek 37:22.From about 931 B.C., Israel
was a divided nation. It consisted of the northern kingdom called Israel and
the southern kingdom called Judah. This continued until they were conquered.
It seemed impossible that the two would one day be reunited. Since Israel’s
rebirth in 1948, they are indeed one nation just as the Bible had said. This
prophecy is accurate.This has an additional fulfillment
during the Millennium.

11.
Once Israel and Judah were reborn, they would have one ruler over them. Prophecy
fulfilled-1948.It is written, AND ONE
KING SHALL BE KING TO THEM ALL: AND THEY SHALL BE NO MORE TWO NATIONS-Ezek 37:22.Since Israel’s rebirth (Israel
and Judah as a united nation), they have had only one ruler over them at a time,
not two. Prophecy is fulfilled; however, it has a second fulfillment during
the Millennium.

58-THE
PEOPLE AND TRIBES

12. The Jewish people will return to Israel. Prophecy fulfilled-1948 to the
current time.It is written, I WILL
BRING THY SEED (or children)...FROM THE ENDS OF THE EARTH-Isa 43:5,6. I WILL
TAKE THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL...AND BRING THEM INTO THEIR OWN LAND-Ezek 37:21.Even before Israel’s rebirth,
the Jewish people have been returning to their land. This prophecy should continue
into the Tribulation period, with the final gathering after Armageddon. This
prophecy is perfect.

13.
The Jewish people will be gathered from many nations. Prophecy fulfilled-1948
to the current time.It is written, AND (whose
people) IS GATHERED OUT OF MANY PEOPLE (or from many nations)-Ezek 38:8. THE
PEOPLE THAT ARE GATHERED OUT OF (or from) THE NATIONS-Ezek 38:12.In this last generation, many
of the Jews have come to Israel from nations all over the world. This prophecy
has been fulfilled.

14.
The Jewish people will be gathered back to Israel from nations on every side:
the east, the west, the north, and the south. Prophecy fulfilled-1948 to the
current time.It is written, FEAR NOT
(do not be afraid): FOR I AM WITH THEE: I WILL BRING THY SEED (or children)
FROM THE EAST, AND GATHER THEE FROM THE WEST; I WILL SAY TO THE NORTH, GIVE
(them) UP; AND TO THE SOUTH, KEEP (them) NOT BACK: BRING MY SONS FROM FAR, AND
MY DAUGHTERS FROM THE ENDS OF THE EARTH…BRING FORTH THE BLIND PEOPLE THAT HAVE
EYES, AND THE DEAF THAT HAVE EARS-Isa 43:5,6,8. BEHOLD, I WILL TAKE THE CHILDREN
OF ISRAEL FROM AMONG THE HEATHEN (nations), WHITHER THEY BE GONE, AND WILL GATHER
THEM ON (or from) EVERY SIDE, AND BRING THEM INTO THEIR OWN LAND-Ezek 37:21.In this last generation, the
Jews have returned to Israel from nations in every direction around them. This
prophecy is fulfilled.

15.
The desolate or waste places in Israel would become inhabited with people.
Prophecy fulfilled-1948 to the current time.It is written, THE DESOLATE
(or waste) PLACES (or ruins) THAT ARE NOW INHABITED-Ezek 38:12.Many places in the land of
Israel that were wastelands or desolate are now in this last generation inhabited
with people just as predicted. This prophecy has been fulfilled.

16.
After Israel is brought forth, God will not shut her womb. The Jews shall multiply.
Prophecy fulfilled-1948 to the current time.It is written, SHALL I
CAUSE TO BRING FORTH (or bring to delivery), AND SHUT (or close up) THE WOMB?
SAITH THY GOD-Isa 66:9.In this last generation, many
Jews continue to migrate to Israel from all over the world. Also the Jewish
population continues to multiply by natural means. This prophecy has been fulfilled.Some believe this prophecy
may refer to spiritual Israel during the Tribulation or Millennium.

17.
The people will dwell in the midst (or center) of the land or of the world.
Prophecy fulfilled-1948.It is written, THE PEOPLE...THAT
DWELL IN THE MIDST (or center) OF THE LAND (or of the world)-Ezek 38:12.The land of Israel is biblically
considered as the center of the world. This prophecy is fulfilled.

18.
They (Jacob) shall be rooted in Israel. Prophecy fulfilled-1948 to current.It is written, HE SHALL
CAUSE THEM THAT COME OF JACOB TO TAKE ROOT (in…days to come Jacob will take
root-NIV)-Isa 27:6.This passage has a dual fulfillment.
Israel was reborn as a nation. Jacob (or the people of Israel) have taken root
in the Promised Land. This prophecy is fulfilled.However, this verse will be
fulfilled during the millennial period as well.

19.
The tribes of the children of Israel would still exist in the latter days.
Prophecy fulfilled-1948 to the current time.It is written, AND I HEARD
THE NUMBER OF THEM WHICH WERE SEALED: AND THERE WERE SEALED AN HUNDRED AND FORTY
AND FOUR THOUSAND OF ALL THE TRIBES OF THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL-Rev 7:4. The Scriptures
also name each of the twelve tribes-ref Rev 7:5-8.In this last generation, many
Jews know the tribe from which they are descended. Regardless if they know,
God knows. This prophecy is true.The sealing of the 144,000
takes place during the Tribulation.

59-ISRAEL
WOULD BE HATED: THESE
COUNTRIES WOULD NOT BE ON GOOD TERMSWITH
ISRAEL

95. The nation of Israel would be hated. Prophecy fulfilled-beginning from
thousands of years ago and continuing to this current time.It is written, Ezek 38:2,5,6,16-THE
LAND OF MAGOG…PERSIA, ETHIOPIA, AND LIBYA WITH THEM…GOMER, AND ALL HIS BANDS;
THE HOUSE OF TOGARMAH OF THE NORTH QUARTERS, AND ALL HIS BANDS: AND MANY PEOPLE
WITH THEE…THOU SHALT COME UP AGAINST MY PEOPLE OF ISRAEL…IT SHALL BE IN THE
LATTER DAYS.Zech 12:3-AND IN THAT DAY
WILL I MAKE JERUSALEM A BURDENSOME STONE FOR ALL PEOPLE.Note that many shall come
against Israel. In this last generation, Israel, as a nation and a people, greatly
desires lasting peace, but it will not happen until Jesus returns. As God’s
chosen people, there is a demonically inspired hatred toward them. The Jew that
follows Jesus is even more hated.Many nations of the world
have no diplomatic relations with Israel at all. There are certain countries
that will not even allow you to enter, if you have an Israeli stamp on your
passport. Many nations want to drive Israel into the sea. This prophecy is exact.

60-SPIRITUAL
ITEMS: GOD IS WITH ISRAEL

81. When Israel is brought forth as a nation, God will be with them. Prophecy
fulfilled-l948 to the current time.It is written, THUS SAITH
THE LORD GOD; IN THAT DAY WHEN MY PEOPLE OF ISRAEL DWELLETH SAFELY-Ezek 38:14.In this last generation, since
being reborn into a nation, Israel has been attacked again and again. In 1948,
Israel was a new nation with a small population. The combined forces of Egypt,
Trans-Jordan, Syria, Iraq, Lebanon, and Saudi Arabia attacked Israel, yet Israel
prevailed. In the Six-Day War of 1967, Israel won a lightning victory over the
combined forces of Egypt, Syria, and Jordan. Israel captured over one billion
dollars of Russian-Arab arms. They also captured most of the Sinai Peninsula,
the Jordan sector of Jerusalem, and all of the West Bank region, including the
Golan Heights. Again, in 1973, during the Yom Kippur War (on the Jewish Day
of Atonement), Egypt and Syria attacked Israel. Israel defeated them both despite
assistance from six other Arab League nations. Israel is being protected by
the hand of God. As the Scripture says, IF GOD BE FOR US, WHO CAN BE AGAINST
US?-Ro 8:31. This prophecy is perfect.

61-WHAT
LIES AHEAD FOR ISRAEL?

What lies ahead for Israel? Expect more Middle East problems. More people will
be killed.The Rapture of the church
lies ahead in the not too distant future.Then a person the Bible calls
the Beast (or Antichrist) will come forth. He will confirm a covenant with Israel
and others, which begins a time called the Tribulation. Israel will be attacked
by Russia and other nations as outlined in Ezekiel 38 and 39. They will suffer
greatly. However, God will come to their defense. Five-sixths (5/6ths) of the
invading forces will be destroyed by God. One-fourth of the world’s population
dies. Daniel outlines the Tribulation period as 7 years long (however the Lord
has cut it short in some way). During this time both Israel and the world will
suffer greatly. It comes to a climax at what is called the Battle of Armageddon.
Jesus Christ, Yeshua the Messiah, returns in glory and great power. However,
most people on the earth are killed. The earth is greatly changed. Jesus Christ
will reign and rule as the King of kings in Jerusalem. There will be a thousand
years of peace. For more details, click here for BEGINNING
TO THE END.